Baxter Park
28 minute walk from Dundee station · Dundee, Aberdeen and North East · Free entry
Baxter Park is a 37-acre green space in east Dundee. Designed between 1862 and 1863, it holds national significance as the only complete park in Scotland designed by Sir Joseph Paxton.
The park features a Category A listed Italian Renaissance pavilion built of Bannockburn freestone. Donated to the city by Sir David Baxter and his sisters, the grounds are recognised as an important conservation area and have been awarded Green Flag status.
Visitors can enjoy a beautifully refurbished landscape that hosts annual bonfire firework displays. The central pavilion now houses a café and a registry office, while the north side features a marble statue of Sir David Baxter.
Visitor information
- Place type
- Park
- Good for
- Architecture, Historic monuments, Parks & green spaces
- Characteristics
- Designed landscape, Listed, Nationally significant, Victorian
- Admission
- Free
- Facilities
- Café
- Region
- Dundee, Aberdeen and North East
Stations within walking distance
- Dundee station — 28 min walk, 2.1 km
Other places near Dundee
- Dundee Law from Discovery Point — 1 min walk from the station
- RRS Discovery — 2 min walk from the station
- V&A Dundee — 2 min walk from the station
- Dundee Parish Church (Saint Mary's) — 5 min walk from the station
- Caird Hall — 5 min walk from the station
- Dundee Contemporary Arts — 5 min walk from the station