Ancrum Road
Ancrum Road is a school building in Dundee City, Scotland. Ancrum Road is situated nearby to Fruit Bowls Community Garden, as well as near Lochee Community Garden.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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.
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.
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.
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
- Type: School building
- Categories: building and education
- Location: Dundee City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.46909° or 56° 28′ 9″ northLongitude
-3.00859° or 3° 0′ 31″ westOpen location code
9C8RFX9R+JHOpenStreetMap ID
way 415542423OpenStreetMap feature
building=school
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