Dawson Park

Reres Hill

Reres Hill is located in Broughty Ferry, to the south-east of Dundee. This location provides prime views of the River Tay and over to Fife. The Reres Hill Conservation Area is characterised by its accommodation of a variety of architectural styles, predominantly stemming from the 19th century.

Dawson Park

Dawson Park is the result of a bequest in 1940, by Mr William Dawson of Broughty Ferry "for the purpose of providing playing fields, sports grounds or other recreational facilities ..."

The ground was purchased from the Douglas and Angus Estate in 1949, and the park was opened in the mid 1950's.

It is still a focus for sport in the East end of the city, with numerous pitches of both natural grass and artificial, tennis and basketball courts, a bowling club and various changing facilities.

Barnhill Rock Garden

The rock garden is situated on part of a former nine-hole golf course, which was laid out after the Dundee to Aberdeen railway was built more than a century ago. When the Esplanade was constructed in 1895, the course was established, on advice from golfer Tom Morris, with four holes west of Bridge Street - now the Rock Garden - and five holes to the east.

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