Customs House

Customs House is a building in Dundee City, Scotland. Customs House is situated nearby to Starboard Bouy, as well as near the water park Wakeboarding track.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Paul’s Cathedral and North Carr Lightship.

St Paul’s Cathedral

Church

Photo: kim traynor, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St. Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in the city of Dundee, Scotland. It is the cathedral and administrative centre of the Diocese of Brechin in the Scottish Episcopal Church. St Paul’s Cathedral is situated 840 feet west of Customs House.

North Carr Lightship

Photo: Timwether, Public domain.

North Carr is the last remaining Scottish lightship. She is 101 feet in length, 25 feet in beam and 268 tons. The purpose of the vessel was to warn mariners by sight, light or sound of the dangers of the North Carr rocks which are situated 1.7 miles off Fife Ness at the turning point for vessels sailing between the Forth and the Tay. North Carr Lightship is situated 580 feet southeast of Customs House.

HMS Unicorn

Museum

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

HMS Unicorn is a surviving sailing frigate of the successful Leda class, although the original design had been modified by the time that the Unicorn was built, to incorporate a circular stern and "small-timber" system of construction. HMS Unicorn is situated 1,100 feet east of Customs House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dundee city centre and Dundee.

Dundee city centre

Suburb

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Until the Industrial Revolution, the current City Centre represented the full extent of the City of Dundee, Scotland. Now roughly encircled by the A991 dual carriageway, the city centre is now the main shopping and commercial district.

Dundee

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Dundee is an industrial city and port, historically part of Angus county in northeast Scotland. It stands on the north bank of the River Tay, which here broadens out into the North Sea, and in 2022 had a population of 148,000.

Hilltown

Suburb

Photo: Val Vannet, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hilltown in Dundee, Scotland, is a mainly residential area to the north of the City Centre and lying to the south of the main circular road.

Customs House

Type: Building
Category: historic site
Location: Dundee City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.4613° or 56° 27′ 41″ north

Longitude

-2.96401° or 2° 57′ 50″ west

Open location code

9C8VF26P+G9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 43210089

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=yes

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