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St Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee

St Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee is a church in Dundee. It is protected as a category B listed building. Around it, within 15 km, lie 35 more places, RRS Discovery (400 m) first on our list.

Photo: St Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee, Bill Nicholls (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Dundee

inside the locality

How well known

Top 5%

#410 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Aug

highs of 17–19°C

In brief

Cathedral in Dundee

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#410 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (14 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Dundee

St Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee is inside Dundee’s locality, with 21 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.

When to go

A month-by-month guide

In Dundee, June to August bring the warmest days: highs of 17–19°C.

Jan7° / 1°71 mm

Feb7° / 1°57 mm

Mar9° / 2°52 mm

Apr12° / 4°48 mm

May15° / 6°54 mm

Jun17° / 9°65 mm

Jul19° / 11°73 mm

Aug19° / 11°76 mm

Sep17° / 9°56 mm

Oct13° / 6°89 mm

Nov9° / 3°73 mm

Dec7° / 1°65 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Dundee, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Dundee. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Dundee’s full climate →

About

St Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee

Its story is told in 14 languages on Wikipedia.

Dundee’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Cathedral
Listed: Category B listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 14 languages
Town: in Dundee
Official site: standrewscathedraldundee.com

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

St Andrew's Cathedral on the map

The orange dot is St Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.

Towns near it

Bases for a visit

Dundee is the biggest of the 8 bases nearby (147,365 people). The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.

1 · It’s in town

Dundee

147,365 people · 32 places to visit

2 · 2.6 km southeast of it

Newport-on-Tay and Wormit

4,119 people · 24 places to visit

3 · 4.6 km east of it

Tayport

3,967 people · 16 places to visit

4 · 9.6 km east of it

Monifieth

9,356 people · 4 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where St Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee is	People	Places to visit
Dundee	It’s in town	147,365	32
Newport-on-Tay and Wormit	2.6 km southeast of it	4,119	24
Tayport	4.6 km east of it	3,967	16
Monifieth	9.6 km east of it	9,356	4
Cupar	16 km south of it	8,835	8
Carnoustie	16 km east of it	11,373	1
St Andrews	17 km southeast of it	16,465	15
Forfar	21 km north of it	13,774	7

Make a day of it

After St Andrew's Cathedral

There are 35 within 15 km, 3 museums, 3 castles and a historic ship among them.

1Historic shipHistoric shipRRS Discovery400 m away 2

CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral, Dundee600 m away 3

MuseumV&A Dundee500 m away 4

MuseumHMS Unicorn1.1 km away 5

MuseumThe McManus600 m away 6

CastleDudhope Castle900 m away 7

CastleMains Castle3.3 km away 8

Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandClaypotts Castle5.6 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

St Andrew's Cathedral: what to know

Where is St Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee?

St Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee is in Dundee, Dundee City, inside the town’s locality.

What is St Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee?

Church in Dundee, Scotland, UK.

When is the best time to visit St Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee?

June to August are the warmest months in Dundee, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is St Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee a listed building?

Yes: category B listed building.

What else is there to see near St Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee?

Within 15 km: RRS Discovery (400 m), St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee (600 m), V&A Dundee (500 m) and HMS Unicorn (1.1 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)

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
Dudhope Castle: Ydam, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Mains Castle: Ydam, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Claypotts Castle: Bubobubo2, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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