Tayport
Tayport, also known as Ferry-Port-on-Craig, is a town in Fife, Scotland. It lies on the Firth of Tay opposite Broughty Ferry, a suburb of Dundee. The two were linked by a ferry service until 1939.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 7,920 residents
- Description: town in Fife, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Ferry Port on Craig”, “Ferry Port-on-Craig”, and “Ferry-Port on Craig”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tayport Pile Lighthouse and Broughty Castle.
Broughty Castle
Castle
Photo: TimVickers, Public domain.
Broughty Castle is a historic castle on the banks of the River Tay in Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Scotland. It was completed around 1495, although the site was earlier fortified in 1454, when George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus, received permission to build on the site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Broughty Ferry and Barnhill.
Broughty Ferry
Suburb
Photo: Edmarinuk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Broughty Ferry is a suburb in Dundee, Scotland. It is situated four miles east of the city centre on the north bank of the Firth of Tay. The area was a separate burgh from 1864 until 1913, when it was incorporated into Dundee.
Barnhill
Quarter
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barnhill is an area in Dundee, located within the suburb of Broughty Ferry. It is approximately 4+1⁄2 miles east of Dundee City Centre. Until the late 19th century, Barnhill was a separate village. Barnhill is situated 2 miles northeast of Tayport.
Douglas
Suburb
Photo: Val Vannet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Douglas and Angus is an area of Eastern Dundee, Scotland. It is located between Whitfield to the North and Broughty Ferry to the East. In the eastern part of Douglas is the distinctive Michelin Tyre factory which was the first factory in the U.K. to produce tyres by using energy from wind power. Douglas is situated 2½ miles northwest of Tayport.
Tayport
- Categories: small burgh and locality
- Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.44909° or 56° 26′ 57″ northLongitude
-2.88072° or 2° 52′ 51″ westPopulation
7,920Elevation
62 feet (19 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB TAYOpen location code
9C8VC4X9+JPOpenStreetMap ID
node 243596728OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Tayport” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Tayport”
- Basque: “Tayport”
- Bulgarian: “Тайпорт”
- Catalan: “Tayport”
- Cebuano: “Tayport”
- Chinese: “泰波特”
- Dutch: “Tayport”
- French: “Tayport”
- Hebrew: “טייפורט”
- Irish: “Port na Creige”
- Italian: “Tayport”
- Japanese: “テイポート”
- Lithuanian: “Teiportas”
- Persian: “تیپورت”
- Polish: “Tayport”
- Scots: “Teyport”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Port na Creige”
- Spanish: “Tayport”
- Swedish: “Tayport”
- Welsh: “Tayport”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as West Ferry and Forthill.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tayport Post Office and Gospel Hall.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tayport”. Photo: Jim Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.