Friarton Bridge, Perth

Name: Friarton Bridge
Address: Perth, United Kingdom

#13 among attractions in Perth

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The Friarton Bridge is a steel box girder bridge with a concrete deck, across the River Tay on the southeastern outskirts of Perth, Scotland. It is located approximately 20 miles upstream of the Tay Road Bridge. ()

Opened: 1978 (46 years ago)Length: 2726 ftCoordinates: 56°22'42"N, 3°24'36"W

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Friarton Bridge – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Kinnoull Hill, South Inch, St Mary's Monastery, Kinfauns Castle.

0.9 miNE
Natural attraction, Bike trail, Nature and wildlife
Kinnoull Hill, Perth
23 min walk • Kinnoull Hill is a hill located partly in Perth and partly in Kinfauns, Scotland. It shares its name with the nearby residential area Kinnoull.
1.2 miNW
Park
South Inch, Perth
31 min walk • South Inch is a large public park in Perth, Scotland. About 31 hectares in size, it is one of two "Inches" in Perth, the other being the larger, 57-hectare North Inch, located half a mile across the city.
1.2 miN
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St Mary's Monastery, Perth
30 min walk • St Mary's Monastery is an ecumenical Christian spirituality and retreat centre in Kinnoull, Perth, Scotland. It was built in 1868 by the Redemptorists. Until 1971, it also served as a novitiate for the Redemptorists. In 1870, the church and shrine, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, was built within the grounds.
1.4 miNE
Forts and castles
Kinfauns Castle
37 min walk • Kinfauns Castle is a 19th-century castle in the Scottish village of Kinfauns, Perth and Kinross. It is in the Castellated Gothic style, with a slight asymmetry typical of Scottish Georgian. It stands on a raised terrace facing south over the River Tay.
1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Moncreiffe Hill, Perth
27 min walk • Moncreiffe Hill is a long, wooded ridge that lies south of Perth, Scotland. It can be easily seen on the right during the final stages of the drive north towards Perth on the M90 motorway.
1.5 miNW
Monastery
Perth Charterhouse, Perth
39 min walk • Perth Charterhouse or Perth Priory, known in Latin as Domus Vallis Virtutis, was a monastic house of Carthusian monks based at Perth, Scotland. It was the only Carthusian house ever to be established in the Kingdom of Scotland, and one of the last non-mendicant houses to be founded in the kingdom.
1.1 miNW
56°23'32"N • 3°25'35"W
Fergusson Gallery, Perth
30 min walk • Museum, Art gallery, Shopping
0.5 miNW
Golf
King James VI Golf Club, Perth
13 min walk • King James VI Golf Club, located in Perth, Scotland, is a private golf course also open to visitors. The River Tay setting is notable as it is the country's only self-contained course on a river island.
0.5 miNW
Island
Moncreiffe Island, Perth
13 min walk • Moncreiffe Island, also known as Friarton Island, is an island in Perth, Scotland. It divides the River Tay into two channels as it flows through Perth, and is crossed by the single-track Tay Viaduct, carrying the Scottish Central Railway.