City Quay Cars

City Quay Cars is an automobile repair shop in Dundee City, Scotland. City Quay Cars is situated nearby to the health club Good health & fitness, as well as near the museum HMS Unicorn.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include HMS Unicorn and North Carr Lightship.

HMS Unicorn

Museum

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HMS Unicorn is a surviving sailing frigate of the successful Leda class, although the original design had been modified by the time that the Unicorn was built, to incorporate a circular stern and "small-timber" system of construction. HMS Unicorn is situated 660 feet southeast of City Quay Cars.

North Carr Lightship

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North Carr is the last remaining Scottish lightship. She is 101 feet in length, 25 feet in beam and 268 tons. The purpose of the vessel was to warn mariners by sight, light or sound of the dangers of the North Carr rocks which are situated 1.7 miles off Fife Ness at the turning point for vessels sailing between the Forth and the Tay. North Carr Lightship is situated 970 feet south of City Quay Cars.

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 2,800 feet southwest of City Quay Cars.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dundee city centre and Dundee.

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

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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.