East Common
East Common is a park in Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland. East Common is situated nearby to the outdoor gym Tayside Common Exercise Area, as well as near the motorhome stopover Tayport Links Caravan Park.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tayport Pile Lighthouse and Broughty Castle.
Tayport Pile Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Brian Forbes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tayport Pile Lighthouse is situated 2,800 feet north of East Common.
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 1¼ miles north of East Common.
Tayport East Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Andy Wright, CC BY 2.0.
Tayport East Lighthouse is situated 1 mile northwest of East Common.
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 2½ miles north of East Common.
East Common
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.4454° or 56° 26′ 43″ northLongitude
-2.87324° or 2° 52′ 24″ westOperator
Fife CouncilOpen location code
9C8VC4WG+5POpenStreetMap ID
way 123571174OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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