Portobello (City of Edinburgh)

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A large beach crowded with various people in Victorian dress.
1900
  • Photograph:Alexander Adam Inglis
  • © City of Edinburgh Council
A large empty beach with an ornate Victorian tenement to the left of frame.
2010
  • Photograph: Tom Anthony
  • © Tom Anthony

Features of the area

City of Edinburgh Group

The City of Edinburgh is one of Scotland's 32 unitary council areas. The area covers urban Edinburgh and a 30-square-mile rural area.

It is bordered by West Lothian, Midlothian and East Lothian.

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