West End
The West End is an area of Dundee, Scotland. Bordered to the south by the River Tay, to the north by Blackness and to the east by the city centre, the West End is primarily an affluent residential area surrounding its main commercial thoroughfare, Perth Road, and the main campus of the University of Dundee.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Suburb with 11,900 residents
- Description: area in Dundee, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “West End, Dundee”
Places of Interest
Highlights include RRS Discovery and Dudhope Castle.
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.Dudhope Castle
Castle
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Dudhope Castle is an extended late medieval tower house located on the southern face of Dundee Law in Dundee, Scotland.
Dundee railway station
Railway station
Photo: Laerol, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dundee railway station serves the city of Dundee on the east coast of Scotland. It is situated on the northern, non-electrified section of the East Coast Main Line, 59+1⁄4 miles northeast of Edinburgh.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blackness and Logie.
Blackness
Suburb
Photo: Dan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blackness is an area of the city of Dundee. Broadly, Blackness is located to the north of the city's West End and is centred on the Blackness Road, where a number of small, local shops are located.
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.
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.
West End
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Dundee City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.45624° or 56° 27′ 23″ northLongitude
-2.99561° or 2° 59′ 44″ westPopulation
11,900Open location code
9C8VF243+FQOpenStreetMap ID
node 1404490636OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbWikidata ID
Q7985027
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Chinese—“West End” goes by many names.
- Basque: “West End”
- Chinese: “西區 (丹地)”
- Chinese: “西區”
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Highlights include Sinderins and Blackness Public Library, 225 Perth Road, Dundee.
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