Baldovie
Baldovie is a suburb in Dundee City, Scotland. Baldovie is situated nearby to the suburb Ballumbie, as well as near the quarter Baluniefield.Places of Interest
Highlights include Claypotts Castle and Broughty Ferry railway station.
Claypotts Castle
Castle
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Claypotts Castle is a late medieval castle in the suburban West Ferry area of Dundee, Scotland. It is one of the best-preserved examples of a 16th-century Z-plan tower house in Scotland.
Broughty Ferry railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Broughty Ferry railway station is a railway station serving the suburb of Broughty Ferry in Dundee, Scotland. It is sited 3 miles 38 chains from the former Dundee East station, on the Dundee to Aberdeen line, between Dundee and Balmossie. Broughty Ferry railway station is situated 1½ miles southeast of Baldovie.
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. Broughty Castle is situated 2 miles southeast of Baldovie.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ballumbie and Douglas.
Ballumbie
Suburb
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Ballumbie is a residential area on the north-east edge of Dundee, Scotland. The area was formerly an estate centred on Ballumbie Castle, a mid-16th-century fortification, which was followed by the 19th-century Ballumbie House.
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.
Whitfield
Suburb
Whitfield is a residential, social-housing scheme located to the north of Dundee, Scotland. Building of scheme commenced in the 1960s to accommodate Dundee's expanding population.
Baldovie
- Type: Suburb
- Category: locality
- Location: Dundee City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.48856° or 56° 29′ 19″ northLongitude
-2.8925° or 2° 53′ 33″ westOpen location code
9C8VF4Q4+CXOpenStreetMap ID
node 11592371127OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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