Tay Bridge transmitting station
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- Type: Tower
- Description: transmitter station in Fife, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Tay Bridge Transmiter”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include RRS Discovery and V&A Dundee.
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 miles northwest of Tay Bridge transmitting station.V&A Dundee
Museum
Photo: Disde, CC BY-SA 4.0.
V&A Dundee is a design museum in Dundee, Scotland, which opened on 15 September 2018. The V&A Dundee is the first design museum in Scotland and the first Victoria and Albert museum outside London. V&A Dundee is situated 2 miles northwest of Tay Bridge transmitting station.
Dundee railway station
Railway station
Photo: Laerol, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dundee railway station serves the city of Dundee on the east coast of Scotland. It is situated on the northern, non-electrified section of the East Coast Main Line, 59+1⁄4 miles northeast of Edinburgh. Dundee railway station is situated 2 miles northwest of Tay Bridge transmitting station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newport-on-Tay and Tayport.
Newport-on-Tay
Town
Photo: Benson85, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Newport-on-Tay is a town in the north-east of Fife in Scotland. The Fife Coastal Path passes through Newport-on-Tay. The area itself has views of the two bridges that cross the River Tay and distant views of the Scottish Highlands.
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. Tayport is situated 1½ miles east of Tay Bridge transmitting station.
Craigiebank
Suburb
Craigiebank is an area of eastern Dundee, Scotland. It borders three other areas of the city: West Ferry to the east, Pitkerro to the north, Baxter Park and East Port to the south-west. Craigiebank is situated 2 miles north of Tay Bridge transmitting station.
Tay Bridge transmitting station
- Category: transmitter station
- Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.44466° or 56° 26′ 41″ northLongitude
-2.92494° or 2° 55′ 30″ westElevation
328 feet (100 metres)Height
141 feet (43 metres)Operator
ArquivaOpen location code
9C8VC3VG+V2OpenStreetMap ID
way 340111902OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=towerWikidata ID
Q7689712
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