Balgay Hill
Balgay Hill is a peak in Dundee City, Scotland and has an elevation of 479 feet. Balgay Hill is situated nearby to the quarter Ancrum, as well as near the suburb Logie.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mills Observatory and Balgay Park.
Mills Observatory
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Mills Observatory is the first purpose-built public astronomical observatory in the UK, located on the summit of Balgay Hill in Dundee, Scotland. Built in 1935, the observatory is classically styled in sandstone and has a distinctive 7 m dome, which houses a Victorian refracting telescope, a small planetarium, and display areas.
Balgay Park
Park
Balgay Park is a public park located in the Balgay area of Dundee, Scotland. The park encompasses Balgay Hill which is the smaller of the two hills in Dundee at 146m, with the larger Dundee Law 2.6 miles away.
Royal Victoria Hospital
Hospital
Royal Victoria Hospital, Dundee is a hospital in Dundee, Scotland. It was formerly known as the Victoria Hospital for Incurables. The hospital is primarily dedicated to medicine for the elderly and is managed by NHS Tayside.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Balgay and Logie.
Balgay
Suburb
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Balgay is a suburb in the west end of Dundee, Scotland. It is centred around Balgay Hill and Balgay Park, both of which provide extensive green spaces for recreation and nature appreciation.
Logie
Suburb
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Logie is a residential area of Dundee, Scotland, located around 2 kilometres west of the city centre and forming part of the city’s West End ward. The district is best known for the Logie Housing Estate, built between 1919 and 1920 as the first public housing estate in Scotland constructed after the First World War, notable for its innovative design and early district heating scheme.
Lochee
Suburb
Photo: Val Vannet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lochee is an area in the west of Dundee, Scotland. Until the 19th century, it was a separate town, but was eventually surrounded by the expanding Dundee. It is notable for being home to Camperdown Works, which was the largest jute production site in the world.
Balgay Hill
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 479 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Dundee City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.46449° or 56° 27′ 52″ northLongitude
-3.01185° or 3° 0′ 43″ westElevation
479 feet (146 metres)Open location code
9C8RFX7Q+Q7OpenStreetMap ID
node 5755061680OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
12611818
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