Logie
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.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Suburb with 4,670 residents
- Description: suburb of Dundee, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Logie, Dundee”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mills Observatory and Balgay Park.
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.
Balgay Park
Park
Balgay Park is a public park located in the Balgay area of Dundee, Scotland. The park encompasses Balgay Hill which is the smaller of the two hills in Dundee at 146m, with the larger Dundee Law 2.6 miles away.
Dudhope Castle
Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dudhope Castle is an extended late medieval tower house located on the southern face of Dundee Law in Dundee, Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blackness and West End.
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.
West End
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The West End is an area of Dundee, Scotland. Bordered to the south by the River Tay, to the north by Blackness and to the east by the city centre, the West End is primarily an affluent residential area surrounding its main commercial thoroughfare, Perth Road, and the main campus of the University of Dundee.
Balgay
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Balgay is a suburb in the west end of Dundee, Scotland. It is centred around Balgay Hill and Balgay Park, both of which provide extensive green spaces for recreation and nature appreciation.
Logie
- Category: locality
- Location: Dundee City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.46176° or 56° 27′ 42″ northLongitude
-3.00126° or 3° 0′ 5″ westPopulation
4,670Open location code
9C8RFX6X+PFOpenStreetMap ID
way 1355437260OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbWikidata ID
Q15242621
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Chinese—“Logie” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Logie”
- Catalan: “Logie”
- Chinese: “洛吉 (丹地)”
- Chinese: “洛吉”
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