Telford Beacon
Telford Beacon is in Dundee City, Scotland. Telford Beacon is situated nearby to Tay Road Bridge Approach, as well as near the park Dundee Waterfront Gardens.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include RRS Discovery and V&A Dundee.
RRS Discovery
RRS Discovery is a barque-rigged auxiliary steamship built in Dundee, Scotland for Antarctic research. Launched in 1901, she was the last traditional wooden three-masted ship to be built in the United Kingdom. RRS Discovery is situated 1,200 feet southwest of Telford Beacon.V&A Dundee
Museum
Photo: Disde, CC BY-SA 4.0.
V&A Dundee is a design museum in Dundee, Scotland, which opened on 15 September 2018. The V&A Dundee is the first design museum in Scotland and the first Victoria and Albert museum outside London. V&A Dundee is situated 990 feet southwest of Telford Beacon.
North Carr Lightship
Photo: Timwether, Public domain.
North Carr is the last remaining Scottish lightship. She is 101 feet in length, 25 feet in beam and 268 tons. The purpose of the vessel was to warn mariners by sight, light or sound of the dangers of the North Carr rocks which are situated 1.7 miles off Fife Ness at the turning point for vessels sailing between the Forth and the Tay. North Carr Lightship is situated 710 feet northeast of Telford Beacon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dundee and Dundee city centre.
Dundee
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dundee is an industrial city and port, historically part of Angus county in northeast Scotland. It stands on the north bank of the River Tay, which here broadens out into the North Sea, and in 2022 had a population of 148,000.
Dundee city centre
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Until the Industrial Revolution, the current City Centre represented the full extent of the City of Dundee, Scotland. Now roughly encircled by the A991 dual carriageway, the city centre is now the main shopping and commercial district.
Hilltown
Suburb
Photo: Val Vannet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hilltown in Dundee, Scotland, is a mainly residential area to the north of the City Centre and lying to the south of the main circular road.
Telford Beacon
- Type: Sign
- Categories: information and tourism
- Location: Dundee City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.45897° or 56° 27′ 32″ northLongitude
-2.96308° or 2° 57′ 47″ westOpen location code
9C8VF25P+HQOpenStreetMap ID
node 12442287553OpenStreetMap feature
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