Blackness

Blackness is an area of the city of . Broadly, Blackness is located to the north of and is centred on the Blackness Road, where a number of small, local shops are located.
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  • Type: Suburb with 2,570 residents
  • Description: area in Dundee, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Blackness, Dundee”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Verdant Works and Dudhope Castle.

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

Castle
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is an extended late medieval tower house located on the southern face of Dundee Law in , .

Library
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include West End and Logie.

Suburb
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The is an area of , . Bordered to the south by the , to the north by Blackness and to the east by the city centre, the is primarily an affluent residential area surrounding its main commercial thoroughfare, Perth Road, and the main campus of the University of Dundee.

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.

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is an industrial city and port, historically part of 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.

Blackness

Latitude
56.46051° or 56° 27′ 38″ north
Longitude
-2.99051° or 2° 59′ 26″ west
Population
2,570
Open location code
9C8VF265+6Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1404495983
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Wiki­data ID
Q4923187
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Urdu—“Blackness” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Blackness”
  • Chinese: “布萊克内斯”
  • Urdu: “بلیک نیس، ڈنڈی”
  • “Blackness, Dundee”

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Localities in the Area

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