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St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee

St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee is a church in Dundee. It holds the status of a category A listed building. A short trip away is RRS Discovery, 400 m off, the first of 34 within 15 km.

Photo: St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee, kim traynor (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Dundee

inside the locality

How well known

Top 7%

#525 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

#525 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (12 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Dundee

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

When to go

Warm months and wet ones

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 Paul's Cathedral, Dundee

12 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.

Dundee’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Cathedral
Listed: Category A listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 12 languages
Town: in Dundee
Official site: saintpaulscathedral.net

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

The map

St Paul's Cathedral on the map

Numbered points are the places near St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee, which is in orange.

Towns near it

Towns near St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee

With 147,365 people, Dundee is the largest of the 8. Closest first, each of these towns names it on its page.

1 · It’s in town

Dundee

147,365 people · 32 places to visit

2 · 2.5 km south of it

Newport-on-Tay and Wormit

4,119 people · 24 places to visit

3 · 4.2 km east of it

Tayport

3,967 people · 16 places to visit

4 · 9.1 km east of it

Monifieth

9,356 people · 4 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee is	People	Places to visit
Dundee	It’s in town	147,365	32
Newport-on-Tay and Wormit	2.5 km south of it	4,119	24
Tayport	4.2 km east of it	3,967	16
Monifieth	9.1 km east of it	9,356	4
Carnoustie	16 km east of it	11,373	1
Cupar	16 km south of it	8,835	8
St Andrews	17 km southeast of it	16,465	15
Forfar	21 km north of it	13,774	7

Make a day of it

Make a day of it near St Paul's Cathedral

Around it, within 15 km, lie 34 more, including 3 museums, 3 castles and a historic ship.

1Historic shipHistoric shipRRS Discovery400 m away 2

CathedralSt Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee600 m away 3

MuseumV&A Dundee400 m away 4

MuseumHMS Unicorn600 m away 5

MuseumThe McManus300 m away 6

CastleDudhope Castle1.1 km away 7

CastleMains Castle2.8 km away 8

Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandClaypotts Castle5.1 km away

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

St Paul's Cathedral in questions

Where is St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee?

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

What is St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee?

Church in Dundee, Scotland, UK.

When is the best time to visit St Paul'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 Paul's Cathedral, Dundee a listed building?

Yes: category A listed building.

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

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

St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee: kim traynor, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
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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