Tayport
Also known as Ferry Port on Craig
Tayport, also known as Ferry-Port-on-Craig, is a town in Fife, Scotland. It lies on the Firth of Tay opposite Broughty Ferry, a suburb of Dundee. The two were linked by a ferry service until 1939. To the east of Tayport is the vast Tentsmuir Nature Reserve, an area of forested dunes edged by wide sands that continue all the way round to the mouth of the River Eden.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.static_image_name
- Tayport Pile Light - geograph.org.uk - 5081130.jpg
- UK place.official_name
- Tayport
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Port na Creige
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NO458287
- UK place.map_type
- Scotland
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Fife
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Fife
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- North East Fife
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- North East Fife
- UK place.post_town
- TAYPORT
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- Name
- History
- Amenities and tourism
- Tayport F.C.
- Scotscraig Golf Club
- Tayport Primary School
- Notable people
- References
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Tayport, also known as Ferry-Port-on-Craig, is a town in Fife, Scotland. It lies on the Firth of Tay opposite Broughty Ferry, a suburb of Dundee. The two were linked by a ferry service until 1939. To the east of Tayport is the vast Tentsmuir Nature Reserve, an area of forested dunes edged by wide sands that continue all the way round to the mouth of the River Eden.
The civil parish of Ferry-Port-on-Craig had a population of 3,815 in 2011.
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