West End

The West End is an area of , . Bordered to the south by the , to the north by 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.
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  • Type: Suburb with 11,900 residents
  • Description: area in Dundee, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “West End, Dundee”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Blackness Public Library, 225 Perth Road, Dundee and RRS Discovery.

Library
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is a barque-rigged auxiliary steamship built in Dundee, Scotland, for research. Launched in 1901, she was the last traditional wooden three-masted ship to be built in the .

Museum
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, also known as Scotland's Jute Museum, is a former jute mill in the area of , . It was purchased in 1991 by the Dundee Heritage Trust.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blackness and Logie.

Suburb
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is an area of the city of . Broadly, is located to the north of the city's West End and is centred on the Road, where a number of small, local shops are located.

Suburb
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is a residential area of , , 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 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.

Suburb
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is a suburb in the west end of , . It is centred around Hill and , both of which provide extensive green spaces for recreation and nature appreciation.

West End

Latitude
56.45624° or 56° 27′ 23″ north
Longitude
-2.99561° or 2° 59′ 44″ west
Population
11,900
Open location code
9C8VF243+FQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1404490636
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Wiki­data ID
Q7985027
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Urdu—“West End” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “West End”
  • Chinese: “西區 (丹地)”
  • Chinese: “西區”
  • Urdu: “ویسٹ اینڈ، ڈنڈی”

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