Birkhill and neighbouring Muirhead are two small villages in

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, just to the west of

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Community features

Features of Muirhead and Birkhill include: *A branch of the

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*A small hill known to locals as The Roundie *Birkhill Primary School, built in 1993 and later extended (the extension officially opened by Andrew Welsh MSP in 2002). Most students go to '' Monifieth High School'' for secondary education, with the school providing buses for the journey to

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. The school has about 300 pupils and around 17-18 teachers. Scottish footballer

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attended the older Muirhead Primary School which has now been converted into several houses. *Sports facilities, including a football pitch, a tennis court and a bowling club *The Birkhill Inn, a small restaurant and pub often called the "Birkie Inn" *The Millennium Hall, which hosts clubs and events *Birkhill is located next to Templeton Woods, home to one of the largest populations of red squirrels in the UK

Muirhead

In Muirhead there is: *a

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called ''Adil's'' *a

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*a doctor's surgery *a

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Hall, home to the ''46th Angus Scouts'' which is available for rent and is currently well utilised *a small

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. *a

stable A stable is a building in which livestock, especially horses, are kept. It most commonly means a building that is divided into separate stalls for individual animals and livestock. There are many different types of stables in use today; the ...

s and riding school *two

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s, called ''Birkhill Nursery School'' and ''Tiddlywinks Nursery School''. *a large area of

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known as ''Backmuir Wood'' or ''5 Mile Wood'' *a Motor Mechanics *a Church * The Muirhead and Birkhill Millennium Hall which has over 25 different groups using it. Their website can be found at www.muirheadbirkhillmilleniumhall.org.uk

Sports

The Birkhill FC is an Amateur Sunday League Football team that play in the Dundee Sunday Morning Amateur Football Association. They play their home games at Birkie Park.

References

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