Mills Observatory
Mills Observatory is an observatory and museum in Dundee. It counts as a category B listed building. Add RRS Discovery, 2.9 km away, to a visit; it leads 33 places within 15 km.
Museum in Dundee
Inside Dundee
Mills Observatory is inside Dundee’s locality, with 22 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Category B 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 weather, month by month
Afternoons in Dundee peak at 17–19°C, June to August.
Mills Observatory
Wikipedia covers it in 7 languages.
- Type
- Museum
- Listed
- Category B listed building
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 7 languages
- Town
- in Dundee
- Official site
- leisureandculturedundee.com/mills-home
Mills Observatory and what surrounds it
The orange dot is Mills Observatory; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Dundee’s locality. · NRS locality 2022
Towns that list Mills Observatory
Among the 3, Dundee is the biggest, home to 147,365 people. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.
Dundee
Newport-on-Tay and Wormit
Tayport
Compare the 3 towns
| Town | Where Mills Observatory is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dundee | It’s in town | 147,365 | 32 |
| Newport-on-Tay and Wormit | 4.7 km southeast of it | 4,119 | 24 |
| Tayport | 8.3 km east of it | 3,967 | 16 |
Nearby, too
The 33 places within 15 km include 3 museums, 2 cathedrals and 2 castles.
CathedralSt Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee2.5 km away3
CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral, Dundee2.8 km away4
MuseumV&A Dundee2.9 km away5
CastleDudhope Castle1.8 km away6
MuseumHMS Unicorn3.3 km away7
CastleMains Castle4.1 km away8
MuseumThe McManus2.6 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Good to know about Mills Observatory
Where is Mills Observatory?
Mills Observatory is in Dundee, Dundee City, inside the town’s locality.
What is Mills Observatory?
Observatory and museum in Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom.
When is the best time to visit Mills Observatory?
June to August are the warmest months in Dundee, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Mills Observatory a listed building?
Yes: category B listed building.
What else is there to see near Mills Observatory?
Within 15 km: RRS Discovery (2.9 km), St Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee (2.5 km), St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee (2.8 km) and V&A Dundee (2.9 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)
- Mills Observatory: Cyrillic at English Wikipedia, 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
- Dudhope Castle: Ydam, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- HMS Unicorn: ydam, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mains Castle: Ydam, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The McManus: Laerol, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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