Ancrum Road Primary School

Ancrum Road Primary School is a co-educational non-denominational state primary school located in the Lochee area of Dundee, Scotland. Managed by Dundee City Council, it provides early learning and primary education from Nursery through Primary 7.

Email: ancrumroadprimary@dundeeschools.scot
Type: School
Description: primary school in Dundee, Scotland
Address: 47 Ancrum Road, Dundee, DD2 2HX

Places of Interest Nearby

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. Mills Observatory is situated 1,700 feet southwest of Ancrum Road Primary School.

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. Balgay Park is situated 1,700 feet south of Ancrum Road Primary School.

Dundee Law

Peak

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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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lochee and Balgay.

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

Suburb

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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

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.

Ancrum Road Primary School

Categories: recreation area and education
Location: Dundee City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.46915° or 56° 28′ 9″ north

Longitude

-3.00872° or 3° 0′ 31″ west

Operator

Dundee City Council

Open location code

9C8RFX9R+MG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 26726721

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=school

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=schoolyard

Wikidata ID

Q141120546

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Highlights include Fruit Bowls Community Garden and Lochee Community Garden.

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