Tayport East Lighthouse
Tayport East Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland. Tayport East Lighthouse is situated nearby to 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 include 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
Castle
Photo: TimVickers, Public domain.
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
Photo: Edmarinuk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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″ northLongitude
-2.89239° or 2° 53′ 33″ westOpen location code
9C8VF435+42OpenStreetMap ID
node 472122741OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseWikidata 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 include Ferry Port on Craig Cemetery and Tayport Cemetery.
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