Tayport Pile Lighthouse

Tayport Pile Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland. Tayport Pile Lighthouse is situated nearby to the marina Tayport Harbour, as well as near the church Gospel Hall.

Photo: Brian Forbes, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Lighthouse
Description: lighthouse in Fife, Scotland, UK
Also known as: “Tayport Pile Light” and “Tayport, Firth Of Tay, Pile Lighthouse”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Broughty Castle and Broughty Ferry railway station.

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 3,600 feet north of Tayport Pile 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 1 mile north of Tayport Pile Lighthouse.

Tayport East Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Andy Wright, CC BY 2.0.

Tayport East Lighthouse is situated 4,000 feet west of Tayport Pile 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.

Barnhill

Quarter

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Barnhill is an area in Dundee, located within the suburb of Broughty Ferry. It is approximately 4+1⁄2 miles east of Dundee City Centre. Until the late 19th century, Barnhill was a separate village. Barnhill is situated 2 miles north of Tayport Pile Lighthouse.

Tayport Pile Lighthouse

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

56.453° or 56° 27′ 11″ north

Longitude

-2.87248° or 2° 52′ 21″ west

Open location code

9C8VF43H+52

OpenStreetMap ID

node 635759878

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=lighthouse

Wikidata ID

Q5856528

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In Other Languages

“Tayport Pile Lighthouse” goes by many names.

Spanish: “Faro de Tayport Pile”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Tayport Harbour and Gospel Hall.

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