The Gateway To Lochee

The Gateway To Lochee is in Dundee City, Scotland. The Gateway To Lochee is situated nearby to Whorterbank Community Garden, as well as near Lochee Community Garden.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ancrum Road Primary School and Mills Observatory.

Ancrum Road Primary School

School

Ancrum Road Primary School is a co-educational non-denominational state primary school located in the Lochee area of Dundee, Scotland. Managed by Dundee City Council, it provides early learning and primary education from Nursery through Primary 7. Ancrum Road Primary School is situated 710 feet southwest of The Gateway To Lochee.

Mills Observatory

Photo: Cyrillic, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mills Observatory is the first purpose-built public astronomical observatory in the UK, located on the summit of Balgay Hill in Dundee, Scotland. Built in 1935, the observatory is classically styled in sandstone and has a distinctive 7 m dome, which houses a Victorian refracting telescope, a small planetarium, and display areas. Mills Observatory is situated 2,300 feet southwest of The Gateway To Lochee.

Dundee Law

Peak

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Dundee Law is a hill in the centre of Dundee, Scotland, and is the highest point in the city. The Law is what remains of a volcanic sill, which is the result of volcanic activity around 400 million years ago.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lochee and Balgay.

Lochee

Suburb

Photo: Val Vannet, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lochee is an area in the west of Dundee, Scotland. Until the 19th century, it was a separate town, but was eventually surrounded by the expanding Dundee. It is notable for being home to Camperdown Works, which was the largest jute production site in the world.

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.

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.

The Gateway To Lochee

Type: Sign
Categories: information and tourism
Location: Dundee City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.47003° or 56° 28′ 12″ north

Longitude

-3.00559° or 3° 0′ 20″ west

Open location code

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OpenStreetMap ID

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OpenStreetMap feature

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