Balgay Parish Church
Balgay Parish Church is a church in Dundee City, Scotland which is located on Lochee Road. Balgay Parish Church is situated nearby to City Church Dundee, as well as near the health club Heart Space.- Type: Church
- Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Address: 200 Lochee Road, Dundee, DD2 2PP
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dundee Law and Mills Observatory.
Dundee Law
Peak
Dundee Law is a hill in the centre of Dundee, Scotland, and is the highest point in the city. The Law is what remains of a volcanic sill, which is the result of volcanic activity around 400 million years ago.
Mills Observatory
Photo: Cyrillic, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mills Observatory is the first purpose-built public astronomical observatory in the UK, located on the summit of Balgay Hill in Dundee, Scotland. Built in 1935, the observatory is classically styled in sandstone and has a distinctive 7 m dome, which houses a Victorian refracting telescope, a small planetarium, and display areas. Mills Observatory is situated 2,900 feet west of Balgay Parish Church.
Dundee Synagogue
Synagogue
Dundee Synagogue is a former Jewish synagogue, located on St Mary Place, Dundee, Scotland, in the United Kingdom. From 1978 until its closure in 2019, the building was the place of worship of the Tayside and Fife Jewish Community, which was established in 1878 under its former name of the Dundee Hebrew Congregation. Dundee Synagogue is situated 1,600 feet southeast of Balgay Parish Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Logie and Blackness.
Logie
Suburb
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Logie is a residential area of Dundee, Scotland, located around 2 kilometres west of the city centre and forming part of the city’s West End ward. The district is best known for the Logie Housing Estate, built between 1919 and 1920 as the first public housing estate in Scotland constructed after the First World War, notable for its innovative design and early district heating scheme.
Blackness
Suburb
Photo: Dan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blackness is an area of the city of Dundee. Broadly, Blackness is located to the north of the city's West End and is centred on the Blackness Road, where a number of small, local shops are located.
Lochee
Suburb
Photo: Val Vannet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lochee is an area in the west of Dundee, Scotland. Until the 19th century, it was a separate town, but was eventually surrounded by the expanding Dundee. It is notable for being home to Camperdown Works, which was the largest jute production site in the world.
Balgay Parish Church
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Dundee City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.46635° or 56° 27′ 59″ northLongitude
-2.99826° or 2° 59′ 54″ westOpen location code
9C8VF282+GMOpenStreetMap ID
way 1145452853OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=church_of_scotland
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