Balgillo
Broughty Ferry is a suburb in Dundee, Scotland. It is situated four miles east of the city centre on the north bank of the Firth of Tay. The area was a separate burgh from 1864 until 1913, when it was incorporated into Dundee.Places of Interest
Highlights include Claypotts Castle and Broughty Ferry railway station.
Claypotts Castle
Castle
Photo: Bubobubo2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Balmossie railway station
Railway station
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Balmossie railway station is a small railway station at the border between Dundee and Angus which serves the east of Broughty Ferry and the west of Monifieth.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Barnhill and Broughty Ferry.
Barnhill
Quarter
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Barnhill is an area in Dundee, located within the suburb of Broughty Ferry. It is approximately 4+1⁄2 miles east of Dundee City Centre. Until the late 19th century, Barnhill was a separate village.
Broughty Ferry
Suburb
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Broughty Ferry is a suburb in Dundee, Scotland. It is situated four miles east of the city centre on the north bank of the Firth of Tay. The area was a separate burgh from 1864 until 1913, when it was incorporated into Dundee.
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. Douglas is situated 1½ miles west of Balgillo.
Balgillo
- Type: Quarter with 1,930 residents
- Description: housing development in Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Categories: housing development and locality
- Location: Dundee City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.48088° or 56° 28′ 51″ northLongitude
-2.86352° or 2° 51′ 49″ westPopulation
1,930Open location code
9C8VF4JP+8HOpenStreetMap ID
node 1404495736OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterWikidata ID
Q4850787
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Chinese—“Balgillo” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Balgillo”
- Chinese: “巴尔吉洛”
- Chinese: “巴爾吉洛”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Broughty Ferry Tennis Club and Gillies Park.
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