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Claverhouse, Dundee — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Claverhouse is a residential area on Dundee's northern outskirts, two miles from the city centre, with Mains Castle and Caird Park alongside.
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Where to stay in Claverhouse
Where visitors usually base themselves, and why.
Two miles out from the middle of Dundee, Claverhouse trades a city-centre address for Caird Park, Mains Castle and the northern outskirts. Mains Castle stands north of the centre. Caird Park puts the Caird Park Velodrome and Mains (St Ninian's) Church on one piece of ground, which is the reason to book out here rather than in the middle of Dundee.
Old Glamis Road and Derwent Avenue hold the housing, with Mains Parish Church and St Columba's Roman Catholic Church on them.
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Caird Park
The Caird Park side of Claverhouse, holding the Caird Park Velodrome and Mains (St Ninian's) Church on one stretch of parkland below Mains Castle.Find hotels in Caird Parka residential Claverhouse address by Mains Parish ChurchOld Glamis Road
Old Glamis Road and Derwent Avenue, the Claverhouse housing streets carrying Mains Parish Church and St Columba's Roman Catholic Church.Find hotels in Old Glamis RoadHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
Things to do in and around Dundee
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Churches & Religious Sites
3- Mains (St Ninian's) Church, Caird Park, Dundee Heritage
- Mains Parish Church, Old Glamis Road, Dundee Heritage
- Dundee, Derwent Avenue, St Columba's Roman Catholic Church
Castles & Historic Sites
1- Mains Castle Heritage
Stadiums & Sports
1- Caird Park Velodrome
Landmarks & Notable Places
2- Balmuir House Heritage
- Balmuirfield House Heritage
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About Claverhouse
What are the main landmarks in Claverhouse?
Caird Park holds two of the names on this list: the Caird Park Velodrome, a cycling track rather than a building, and Mains (St Ninian's) Church, which the record places inside the park itself. Mains Castle stands apart from those. Old Glamis Road carries Mains Parish Church, and Derwent Avenue carries St Columba's Roman Catholic Church.
Balmuir House and Balmuirfield House complete it, a pair the listing keeps separate despite the shared root of the name, both on the northern edge of Dundee.
What is the history of Claverhouse?
The name Mains runs through the older part of the record here, attached to Mains Castle, to Mains Parish Church on Old Glamis Road, and to Mains (St Ninian's) Church inside Caird Park. Balmuir is the second such root. Balmuir House and Balmuirfield House carry it, and the two of them sit in the record alongside the castle rather than under it.
St Columba's Roman Catholic Church on Derwent Avenue and the Caird Park Velodrome are the names the record attaches to the residential Claverhouse rather than to the castle ground.
Where is Claverhouse?
Caird Park takes up the open ground at Claverhouse, and Old Glamis Road and Derwent Avenue run out through the housing on the northern outskirts of Dundee.
Common questions
What is the best area to stay in Claverhouse?
Caird Park: the Caird Park Velodrome and the green edge of Dundee. Old Glamis Road: a residential Claverhouse address by Mains Parish Church.
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Updated October 2026