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    University of Dundee Botanic Garden

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    The University of Dundee Botanic Garden is a scenic visitor attraction located in the West End of Dundee. Overlooking the banks of the River Tay, this extensive garden houses a wide range of indigenous British plants alongside important plant collections from all over the world. Visitors can explore trees, shrubs, water features, a herb garden, and tropical glasshouses, providing an educational and relaxing family-friendly environment.

    The venue features dedicated accessible parking bays on site and a bus stop located within 150 metres of the entrance. Step-free access is available to the visitor centre via a permanent, slightly sloped ramp with a level landing at the top, leading to automatic doors. Inside the building, you will find wheelchair accessible paths, a cafe, a gift shop, and dedicated accessible toilets, with assistance dogs wearing appropriate harnesses welcome throughout the grounds.

    Opening hours are 10am to 3pm, garden closes at 3.30pm. Main gates close at 3.45pm

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    4.37

    (4 reviews)

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    Access (avg.)

    4.25

    Parking (avg.)

    4.5

    Toilets (avg.)

    3.87

    Staff (avg.)

    4.5

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    emscott

    May 2026

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    4

    Dundee Botanic gardens

    Quiet gardens with views over the river. Accessible only if you can manage gravel, grass, slopes and uneven terrain.
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    dystrophydad

    Jul 2024

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    4

    A Wonderful Woodland Wander

    In the words of Gary Barlow, this is my idea of a very nice day out. Located in Dundee's West End, and operational since 1970, this is a pleasant green place to find a bit of peace and admire the beauty of the plants, trees and flowers. Distributed over 9.5 hectares and close to the banks of the Tay, the Botanic Gardens welcomes 80,000 visitors a year between March-October and November-February.
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    alyth_mum

    Jul 2022

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    4.5

    Beautiful Gardens: wide variety of plants in a quiet environment; lovely place for a picnic.

    We went to visit the Botanical Gardens in Dundee today. The group consisted of my mother-in-law who was being pushed in an outdoor large wheeled wheelchair; myself and my husband and my adult daughter. We had a lovely few hours, we were very lucky with the weather and after walking around most of the gardens had our picnic lunch at one of their picnic tables in the grounds. There was a wide variety of plants and trees from all over the world. We were pleasantly surprised by how peaceful and quiet it felt considering the nearby road traffic. We even managed to see into the airport which was a nice surprise. There was a 'fairy trail' for any children to encourage them to look for fairy doors in amongst the plants. The main thing that let the place down was height of the toilet seat in the accessible toilet.

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    University of Dundee, Riverside Drive, Dundee, Dundee City, Scotland, United Kingdom, DD2 1QH

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