Dudhope Castle
Dudhope Castle is a castle in Dundee City. On the official register, it is a category A listed building. Top of the 35 other places within 15 km is RRS Discovery, 1.3 km off.
Castle in Dundee
Inside Dundee
Dudhope Castle is inside Dundee’s locality, with 23 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Category A listed building
On the official list of protected heritage; Dundee has 853 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The climate through the year
The warmest stretch in Dundee is June to August, at 17–19°C in the afternoon.
Dudhope Castle
Wikipedia covers it in 8 languages.
- Type
- Castle
- Listed
- Category A listed building
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 8 languages
- Town
- in Dundee
Where Dudhope Castle is
Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Dudhope Castle is the orange one.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Dundee’s locality. · NRS locality 2022
The nearest towns
Dundee tops the 4 for size, at 147,365 people. Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.
Dundee
Newport-on-Tay and Wormit
Tayport
Monifieth
Compare the 4 towns
| Town | Where Dudhope Castle is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dundee | It’s in town | 147,365 | 32 |
| Newport-on-Tay and Wormit | 3.5 km southeast of it | 4,119 | 24 |
| Tayport | 6.6 km east of it | 3,967 | 16 |
| Monifieth | 10 km east of it | 9,356 | 4 |
More to see nearby
Also close at hand are 4 museums, 2 cathedrals and a historic ship, among 35 within 15 km.
CathedralSt Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee900 m away3
CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral, Dundee1.1 km away4
MuseumV&A Dundee1.3 km away5
MuseumHMS Unicorn1.6 km away6
MuseumThe McManus800 m away7
CastleMains Castle2.8 km away8
MuseumMills Observatory1.8 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Dudhope Castle, answered
Where is Dudhope Castle?
Dudhope Castle is in Dundee, Dundee City, inside the town’s locality.
What is Dudhope Castle?
Castle in Dundee City, Scotland, UK.
When is the best time to visit Dudhope Castle?
June to August are the warmest months in Dundee, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Dudhope Castle a listed building?
Yes: category A listed building.
What else is there to see near Dudhope Castle?
Within 15 km: RRS Discovery (1.3 km), St Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee (900 m), St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee (1.1 km) and V&A Dundee (1.3 km).
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)
- Dudhope Castle: Ydam, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee: Bill Nicholls, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee: kim traynor, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- V&A Dundee: Andrew Abbott, 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
- Mains Castle: Ydam, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mills Observatory: Cyrillic at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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