Discovery Point
Discovery Point is a museum in Dundee. Within 15 km there are 35 more places to visit, starting with RRS Discovery (100 m).
Museum in Dundee
Inside Dundee
Discovery Point is inside Dundee’s locality, with 20 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The best months to visit
From June to August, Dundee sees highs of 17–19°C.
Discovery Point
Museum in Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom.
In Dundee, inside the town’s locality.
- Type
- Museum
- Town
- in Dundee
- Official site
- dundeeheritagetrust.co.uk/attraction/discovery-point
Plan your visit
- EntryA fee is charged
The area around Discovery Point
Orange shows Discovery Point; numbers mark the places near it.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Dundee’s locality. · NRS locality 2022
The nearest towns
Home to 147,365 people, Dundee is the largest of these 3. Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.
Compare the 3 towns
| Town | Where Discovery Point is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dundee | It’s in town | 147,365 | 32 |
| Newport-on-Tay and Wormit | 2.2 km south of it | 4,119 | 24 |
| Tayport | 4.2 km east of it | 3,967 | 16 |
Close to Discovery Point
3 museums, 2 cathedrals and 2 castles are among the 35 within 15 km.
CathedralSt Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee400 m away3
MuseumV&A Dundee100 m away4
CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral, Dundee500 m away5
MuseumHMS Unicorn800 m away6
MuseumThe McManus700 m away7
CastleDudhope Castle1.3 km away8
CastleMains Castle3.3 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Good to know about Discovery Point
Where is Discovery Point?
Discovery Point is in Dundee, Dundee City, inside the town’s locality.
What is Discovery Point?
Museum in Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom.
When is the best time to visit Discovery Point?
June to August are the warmest months in Dundee, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Discovery Point?
Within 15 km: RRS Discovery (100 m), St Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee (400 m), V&A Dundee (100 m) and St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee (500 m).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the NRS 2022 locality (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (8)
- Discovery Point: Drkirstyross, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee: Bill Nicholls, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- V&A Dundee: Andrew Abbott, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee: kim traynor, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- HMS Unicorn: ydam, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The McManus: Laerol, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dudhope Castle: Ydam, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mains Castle: Ydam, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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