Tayport East Lighthouse

Tayport East Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland. Tayport East Lighthouse is situated near Tayport West Lighthouse, as well as near Ferry Port on Craig Cemetery.

Photo: Andy Wright, CC BY 2.0.

Type: Lighthouse
Description: lighthouse in Dundee, Scotland, UK
Also known as: “Tayport Low Light”, “Tayport Low Lighthouse”, and “Tayport, West Common, East Lighthouse”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Tayport West Lighthouse and Broughty Castle.

Tayport West Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tayport West Lighthouse is situated 1,300 feet west of Tayport East Lighthouse.

Broughty Castle is a historic castle on the banks of the River Tay in Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Scotland. It was completed around 1495, although the site was earlier fortified in 1454, when George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus, received permission to build on the site. Broughty Castle is situated 1 mile northeast of Tayport East Lighthouse.

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. Broughty Ferry railway station is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Tayport East Lighthouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tayport and Broughty Ferry.

Tayport

Town

Photo: Jim Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tayport, also known as Ferry-Port-on-Craig, is a town in Fife, Scotland. It lies on the Firth of Tay opposite Broughty Ferry, a suburb of Dundee. The two were linked by a ferry service until 1939.

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 2 miles north of Tayport East Lighthouse.

Tayport East Lighthouse

Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.45283° or 56° 27′ 10″ north

Longitude

-2.89239° or 2° 53′ 33″ west

Open location code

9C8VF435+42

OpenStreetMap ID

node 472122741

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=lighthouse

Wikidata ID

Q5856526

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In Other Languages

“Tayport East Lighthouse” goes by many names.

Spanish: “Faro de Tayport Low”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Ferry Port on Craig Cemetery and Tayport Cemetery.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Roofert Rock and Cradle Rock.

Fife: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Dunfermline and St Andrews.

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