Mars Training Ship Memorial Cross

Mars Training Ship Memorial Cross is a memorial in Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland. Mars Training Ship Memorial Cross is situated nearby to Woodhaven Beach, as well as near the shipyard Wormit Boating Club.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include RRS Discovery and Dundee railway station.

RRS Discovery

RRS Discovery is a barque-rigged auxiliary steamship built in Dundee, Scotland, for Antarctic research. Launched in 1901, she was the last traditional wooden three-masted ship to be built in the United Kingdom. RRS Discovery is situated 2 miles north of Mars Training Ship Memorial Cross.

Dundee railway station

Railway station

Photo: Laerol, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dundee railway station serves the city of Dundee on the east coast of Scotland. It is situated on the northern, non-electrified section of the East Coast Main Line, 59+1⁄4 miles northeast of Edinburgh. Dundee railway station is situated 2 miles north of Mars Training Ship Memorial Cross.

V&A Dundee

Museum

Photo: Andrew Abbott, CC BY-SA 2.0.

V&A Dundee is a design museum in Dundee, Scotland, which opened on 15 September 2018. The V&A Dundee is the first design museum in Scotland and the first Victoria and Albert museum outside London. V&A Dundee is situated 2 miles north of Mars Training Ship Memorial Cross.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newport-on-Tay and Dundee.

Newport-on-Tay

Town

Photo: Benson85, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Newport-on-Tay is a town in the north-east of Fife in Scotland. It is approximately 23 miles north-northeast of Edinburgh, 67 miles northeast of Glasgow, and 3 miles south-southeast of Dundee.

Dundee

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Dundee is an industrial city and port, historically part of Angus 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.

Dundee city centre

Suburb

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Until the Industrial Revolution, the current City Centre represented the full extent of the City of Dundee, Scotland. Now roughly encircled by the A991 dual carriageway, the city centre is now the main shopping and commercial district. Dundee city centre is situated 2 miles north of Mars Training Ship Memorial Cross.

Mars Training Ship Memorial Cross

Type: Memorial
Inscription: “In Glorious Memory of our old Boys fallen in the Great War 1914-1918”
Category: historic site
Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.43138° or 56° 25′ 53″ north

Longitude

-2.96283° or 2° 57′ 46″ west

Open location code

9C8VC2JP+HV

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5143740216

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Woodhaven Beach and Wormit Boating Club.

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