# Things to see in Dundee (United Kingdom): 84 places and when to go

> Dundee is a city in United Kingdom with around 152,000 inhabitants, and this site lists 84 places in and around it, mainly History (34), Nature (19), Temples (13). The best known are Firth of Tay, Glamis Castle and RRS Discovery. The best time to come is April to September; also possible: February to March, October and December. In June there are 17 h 24 of daylight, and in December, 6 h 35. Here is what there is, when to go, how to get there and what else is nearby.

- Address: https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/dundee/
- Reviewed on: 2026-10-02
- Language: en

## In a nutshell

- **Where:** United Kingdom · 56.4704, -3
- **Population:** About 152,000
- **Places:** 84 places on this site, in the town and around it.
- **What people come for:** [History](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/historia/) (34) · [Nature](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/naturaleza/) (19) · [Temples](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/espiritual/) (13) · [Museums and art](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/museos/) (12) · [Mountains](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/montana/) (11) · [Wildlife](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/fauna/) (7)
- **Best time:** April to September.
- **Also possible:** February to March, October and December.
- **Nearest airport:** EDI Ingliston, Edinburgh, 62 km as the crow flies

## What to see in Dundee

The places in and around Dundee, best known first, each with its own page: what it is, when to go and what is next to it. Distances are from the centre, as the crow flies.

- [Firth of Tay](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/firth-of-tay/): Firth in Scotland · 6.2 km
- [Glamis Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/castillo-de-glamis/): Castle in Angus, Scotland, UK · 17 km
- [RRS Discovery](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/rrs-discovery/): 1901 survey vessel · 2.5 km
- [St Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/st-andrew-s-rc-cathedral/): Church in Dundee, Scotland, UK · 2.1 km
- [St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/st-paul-s-cathedral/): Church in Dundee, Scotland, UK · 2.2 km
- [Broughty Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/broughty-castle/): Castle and museum in Dundee City, Scotland, United Kingdom · 8.0 km
- [Claypotts Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/castillo-de-claypotts/): Castle in Dundee City, Scotland, UK · 6.8 km
- [V&A Dundee](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/v-a-dundee/): Museum of design in Dundee, Scotland, a branch of the Victoria and Albert Museum of London · 2.5 km
- [Dundee Law](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/dundee-law/): Extinct volcano of Dundee, Scotland, UK · 653 m
- [Mains Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/mains-castle/): Castle in Dundee City, Scotland, UK · 3.1 km
- [HMS Unicorn](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/hms-unicorn/): 1824 Leda-class fifth-rate frigate · 2.7 km
- [Dudhope Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/dudhope-castle/): Castle in Dundee City, Scotland, UK · 1.2 km
- [Mills Observatory](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/mills-observatory/): Observatory and museum in Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom · 986 m
- [Balmerino Abbey](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/balmerino-abbey/): Abbey in Fife, Scotland, UK · 7.2 km
- [Gardyne Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/gardyne-castle/): Castle in Angus, Scotland, UK · 26 km
- [Guthrie Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/guthrie-castle/): Castle in Angus, Scotland, UK · 26 km
- [The McManus](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/the-mcmanus/): Historic building and museum in Dundee, Scotland · 2.0 km
- [Dairsie Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/dairsie-castle/): Castle in Fife, Scotland, UK · 16 km
- [Dundee Central Mosque](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/dundee-central-mosque/): Mosque in Dundee City, Scotland, UK · 1.5 km
- [King's Seat](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/king-s-seat/): 377m high mountain in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK · 15 km
- [Powrie Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/powrie-castle/): Fortified house in Dundee City, Scotland, UK · 4.9 km
- [Ballinbreich Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/ballinbreich-castle/): Castle in Fife, Scotland, UK · 16 km
- [Craigowl Hill](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/craigowl-hill/): Hill in Angus, Scotland, UK · 8.7 km
- [Meffan Institute](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/meffan-institute-museum-gallery/): Museum and art gallery in Forfar, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom · 20 km

And the other 60, by what you come to do:

- **History**: [Affleck Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/affleck-castle/), [Ardestie, Earth House](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/ardestie-earth-house/), [Birkhill Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/birkhill-castle/), [Fowlis Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/fowlis-castle/), [Hatton Castle, Angus](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/hatton-castle/), [North Carr Lightship](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/north-carr/), [Restenneth Priory](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/restenneth-priory/), [Auchterhouse Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/auchterhouse-castle/), [Earlshall Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/earlshall-castle/), [Finlathen Aqueduct](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/finlathen-aqueduct/), [Glamis Manse Stone](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/glamis-manse-stone/), [Hunter's Hill Stone](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/hunter-s-hill-stone/), [Kinnettles Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/kinnettles-castle/), [Leuchars Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/leuchars-castle/), [Lordscairnie Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/lordscarnie-castle/), [Parbroath Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/parbroath-castle/), [Seven Arches Viaduct](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/seven-arches-viaduct/), [Nevay Church](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/nevay-old-parish-kirk/), [Glamis House](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/glamis-house/), [Ye Olde Hotel, 59, 61 Main Street, Leuchars](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/ye-olde-hotel/)
- **Nature**: [Ark Hill](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/ark-hill/), [Kinpurnie Hill](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/kinpurney-hill/), [Norman's Law](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/norman-s-law/), [University of Dundee Botanic Garden](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/the-university-of-dundee-botanic-garden/), [Auchterhouse Hill](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/auchterhouse-hill/), [Gask Hill](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/gask-hill/), [Lundie Craigs](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/lundie-craigs/), [Hatton Hill](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/hatton-hill/), [Newtyle Hill](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/newtyle-hill/), [Tentsmuir National Nature Reserve](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/tentsmuir-national-nature-reserve/), [Bankhead Moss](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/bankhead-moss/), [Broughty Ferry Local Nature Reserve](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/broughty-ferry-local-nature-reserve/), [Dumbarnie Links Wildlife Reserve](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/dumbarnie-links-wildlife-reserve/), [Eden Estuary Local Nature Reserve](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/eden-estuary-local-nature-reserve/), [Glenduckie Hill](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/glenduckie-hill/)
- **Museums and art**: [D'Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/d-arcy-thompson-zoology-museum/), [Dundee Museum of Transport](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/dundee-museum-of-transport/), [Verdant Works](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/verdant-works-museum/), [Dundee Science Centre](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/dundee-science-centre/), [Fife Folk Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/fife-folk-museum/), [Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/meigle-sculptured-stone-musuem/), [Discovery Point, Dundee](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/discovery-point/), [Alyth Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/alyth-museum/)
- **Temples**: [Dundee Parish Church](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/dundee-parish-church-saint-mary-s/), [Errol Parish Church](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/errol-church-cathedral-of-the-carse/), [St Athernase Church](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/st-athernase/), [St Luke's Church, Broughty Ferry](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/st-luke-s-and-queen-street-church/), [Dairsie Old Church](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/dairsie-church/), [Dundee Synagogue](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/dundee-synagogue/), [Kilmany Parish Church](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/kilmany-parish-church/), [Steeple Church](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/the-steeple-church/), [Parish Church, Kinnaird](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/kinnaird-parish-church/)
- **With kids**: [Scottish Deer Centre](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/scottish-deer-centre/), [Camperdown Wildlife Centre](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/camperdown-wildlife-centre/), [Wakeboarding track](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/wakeboarding-track/)
- **Food and drink**: [71 Brewery](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/71-brewery/), [Cairn O'Mohr Winery](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/cairn-o-mohr-winery/), [MòR Beers](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/mor-beers/), [Ogilvy Distillery](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/ogilvy-distillery/)
- **Hiking**: [Columba Way on North FCP](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/columba-way-on-north-fcp/)

## When to go to Dundee

The best time to visit Dundee is **April to September**; also possible: February to March, October and December. This comes from its own places: a month counts as the town's best time when it is the best time for half of what there is to see.

| Mes | Época | Hours of daylight |
| --- | --- | --- |
| January | Better not | 7 h 12 |
| February | Possible | 9 h 13 |
| March | Possible | 11 h 26 |
| April | Best time | 13 h 56 |
| May | Best time | 16 h 07 |
| June | Best time | 17 h 24 |
| July | Best time | 16 h 52 |
| August | Best time | 14 h 54 |
| September | Best time | 12 h 27 |
| October | Possible | 10 h 02 |
| November | Better not | 7 h 47 |
| December | Possible | 6 h 35 |

In June there are 17 h 24 of daylight, and in December, 6 h 35. In April, 83 of the 84 places are at their best.

When to go to United Kingdom in general, with its festivals and peak seasons, is in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/#cuando-ir).

## Getting to Dundee

The nearest main airport is Edinburgh Airport (EDI, Ingliston, Edinburgh), 62 km as the crow flies. How to get around United Kingdom (train, car, bus) is in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/#moverse), and what to sort out before you leave is in [its checklist](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/#antes-de-salir).

- [Where it is](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=56.4704%2C-3)
- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=56.4704%2C-3)

## Other towns nearby

- [Arbroath](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/arbroath/): 24 places · 26 km
- [Perth, Scotland](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/perth/): 39 places · 30 km
- [Kingsbarns](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/kingsbarns/): 31 places · 30 km
- [the henge](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/the-henge/): 32 places · 30 km
- [Kirriemuir](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/kirriemuir/): 16 places · 31 km
- [Brechin](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/brechin/): 25 places · 42 km

And all of United Kingdom, in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/).

## Frequently asked questions

### What is there to see in Dundee?

The best known: [Firth of Tay](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/firth-of-tay/), [Glamis Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/castillo-de-glamis/), [RRS Discovery](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/rrs-discovery/), [St Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/st-andrew-s-rc-cathedral/), [St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/st-paul-s-cathedral/). In all, 84 places in the town and around it, all on your trip map from day one.

### When is the best time to visit Dundee?

April to September; also possible: February to March, October and December. In June there are 17 h 24 of daylight, and in December, 6 h 35.

### How do you get to Dundee?

The nearest main airport is Edinburgh Airport (EDI), 62 km away. From there, [directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=56.4704%2C-3) opens the route on the map.

### How do I add it to my trip?

Create a trip with Dundee as the destination and these 84 places are on your map, each with its category. The ones you like go into a day's plan with one tap, and Kokai reminds you when you pass nearby.

Data from [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright), licensed under the ODbL, from [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/), CC0, cities from [Natural Earth](https://www.naturalearthdata.com/) and airports from [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/). Daylight hours are calculated from the latitude. More in [credits](https://kokai.app/en/aviso/#creditos).