Whitfield
Whitfield is a residential, social-housing scheme located to the north of Dundee, Scotland. Building of scheme commenced in the 1960s to accommodate Dundee's expanding population.- Type: Suburb
- Description: area in Dundee, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Whitfield, Dundee”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Claypotts Castle and Tannadice Park.
Claypotts Castle
Castle
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Claypotts Castle is a late medieval castle in the suburban West Ferry area of Dundee, Scotland. It is one of the best-preserved examples of a 16th-century Z-plan tower house in Scotland.
Tannadice Park
Stadium
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Tannadice Park, officially known as The CalForth Construction Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Dundee, Scotland. It is the home ground of Dundee United, who have played at Tannadice since the club was founded as Dundee Hibernian in 1909. Tannadice Park is situated 2 miles southwest of Whitfield.
Mains Castle
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Mains Castle is a 16th-century castle in Dundee, Scotland. The castle consists of several buildings surrounding a courtyard, although several of the original western buildings no longer exist. Mains Castle is situated 1½ miles west of Whitfield.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ballumbie and Douglas.
Ballumbie
Suburb
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Ballumbie is a residential area on the north-east edge of Dundee, Scotland. The area was formerly an estate centred on Ballumbie Castle, a mid-16th-century fortification, which was followed by the 19th-century Ballumbie House.
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.
Fintry
Suburb
Photo: Val Vannet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fintry is a housing scheme in Dundee, Scotland. Fintry is located in the north of the city with Mill o' Mains to the west and Whitfield to the east. On the north, Fintry is bordered by farmland, including the Powrie Farm and Powrie Castle.
Whitfield
- Category: locality
- Location: Dundee City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.48888° or 56° 29′ 20″ northLongitude
-2.91723° or 2° 55′ 2″ westOpen location code
9C8VF3QM+H4OpenStreetMap ID
node 591945462OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbWikidata ID
Q7996434
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Chinese—“Whitfield” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Whitfield”
- Chinese: “惠特菲尔德”
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Highlights include The Crescent Community Centre and Whitfield Community Library.
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