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United Kingdom
Scotland
Aberdeenshire
Dundee City
Broughty Ferry

View of the Tay Bridges – RRS Discovery loop from Balmossie

Routes
Road cycling routes
United Kingdom
Scotland
Aberdeenshire
Dundee City
Broughty Ferry

View of the Tay Bridges – RRS Discovery loop from Balmossie

Moderate

5

riders

View of the Tay Bridges – RRS Discovery loop from Balmossie

04:25

97.6km

670m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 17, 2026

Waypoints

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Start point

Train Station

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1

20.1 km

View of Auchterhouse Hill

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Auchterhouse Hill is the name of the hill north of the road. It's an ancient hill fort and at 426m the second highest point in the Sidlaw Range. You can't …

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25.5 km

Mountain Pass

Mountain Pass

32.7 km

Warren Wood

Forest

40.9 km

Lawton Wood

Forest

5

79.6 km

View of the Tay Bridges

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6

80.8 km

Kingoodie Bay

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7

88.0 km

RRS Discovery

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Here you will find both the V&A museum and the RRS Discovery.

The V&A is a magnificent building that showcases the best of Scottish design, and the RRS Discovery is …

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8

88.1 km

V&A Dundee

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Opened in 2018, the V&A Dundee is a striking building designed by celebrated Japanese architect Kengo Kuma. The first V&A museum outside of London, it offers an insight into the …

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88.6 km

Viewpoint

Viewpoint

93.5 km

Grassy Beach

Beach

11

93.9 km

The Tay Road Bridge was built between 1963 & 1966. It's 2250m in length and spans the Firth of Tay between Dundee and Newport-on-Tay.
You get great views of the …

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94.8 km

Beach

Beach

13

95.2 km

Broughty Ferry Castle

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B

97.6 km

End point

Train Station

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

65.8 km

26.5 km

3.29 km

2.02 km

< 100 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

71.7 km

25.1 km

927 m

< 100 m

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