Discovery Mast Climb
DISCOVERY POINT

Prepare for the latest exhilarating experience aboard RRS Discovery! Embark on a thrilling ascent of the towering foremast of RRS Discovery, in a feat of courage with unbeatable views as your reward.

Shackleton's Endurance in 3D

Get up close to Shackleton’s famous shipwreck this summer, with a remarkably detailed 3D model bringing one of the greatest tales of exploration from the seabed to the surface.

Discovery Point Transformed

Explore our plans to transform Discovery Point and spark curiosity in heritage for the next 100 years.

Leave a gift in your will

Did you know Dundee Heritage Trust can receive gifts in wills? Your gift can make a lasting difference.

Our mission for Discovery

Dundee Heritage Trust is a charity formed in 1985 to preserve the RRS Discovery for future generations. Now, we’re on a mission to spark curiosity in heritage, science, and discovery.

Conserving the RRS Discovery

Explore the £3.4M conservation project aboard the RRS Discovery, in a once-in-a-generation effort to preserve her for the next 100 years.

Polar Publications

Celebrate two iconic publications from our Polar Collection: the famous South Polar Times compiled on Discovery in 1902, and Shackleton’s rare Aurora Australis.

The Hope Cross
DISCOVERY POINT

Visit the historic Hope Cross at Discovery Point, built in 1922 by Shackleton’s Quest crewmates after his untimely passing.

LEGAL INFO

Privacy Policy

Key details

This privacy policy describes how Dundee Industrial Heritage SCIO (DIH SCIO) and Dundee Heritage Trust (DHT) protects and makes use of the information you give the company.

Who we are

Formed in 1985, Dundee Heritage Trust is a registered charity dedicated to the guardianship, preservation and portrayal of Dundee’s Heritage in ways that educate, inspire and enlighten current and future generations.

Dundee Industrial Heritage SCIO, known as Dundee Heritage Trust, is a charity registered in Scotland no. SC002268 

Dundee Heritage Enterprises is a company registered in Scotland No. SC839348  

Registered Office: Discovery Point, Discovery Quay, Dundee, DD1 4XA

If you are asked to provide information to Dundee Heritage Trust or Dundee Industrial Heritage Ltd, it will only be used in the ways described in this privacy policy.

This policy is reviewed and updated from time to time.  The latest version published will take precedence at all times.

This privacy policy was updated on 17 April 2018.

Introduction

We gather and use certain information about individuals in order to provide products and services and to enable certain functions and services to be provided by DIH SCIO and DHT.

We also collect information to better understand how visitors use our services and products and to present timely, relevant information to them.

What information do we gather?

We may collect the following information;

–          Name and job title

–          Contact information, including email address

–          Demographic information, such as postcode, preferences and interests

–          Website usage data

–          Other information relevant to client enquiries

–          Other information about special offers and surveys

How we use this information

Collecting this information helps us understand what you are looking from the company enabling us to deliver improved products and services.

Specifically, we may use information:

–          To provide you with our services

–          To improve the products and services we provide

–          To contact you in response to a specific enquiry

–          To send you promotional emails about products, services, offers and other things we think may be relevant to you

–          To send you promotional mailings or to call you about products, services, offers and other things we think might be relevant to you

–          To contact you via email, telephone or mail for market research reasons

–          To build an understanding of our visitors, members and supporters

–          To send you information about fundraising campaigns.

Controlling information about you

When you fill in a form or provide your details to our organisation, you will see one or more tick boxes allowing you to:

–          Opt-in to receive marketing communications from us by email, telephone, text message or post

If you have agreed that we can use your information for marketing purposes, you can change your mind easily via one of these methods:

–          Send an email to admin@dundeeheritage.co.uk

–          Write to our Information Officer at Discovery Point, Discovery Quay, Dundee DD1 4XA

We will never lease, distribute or sell your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or the law requires us to.

Any personal information we hold about you is stored and processed under our data protection policy, in line with the General Data Protection Regulations 2018.

Subject Access Request

At any time, you may request that we delete or correct your personal data information.  If you wish to correct any information on you held by DIH SCIO / DHT, simply contact us.

Security

We will always hold your information securely and have implemented physical and electronic safeguards and procedures to prevent unauthorised disclosure or access to your information.

Our procedures ensure we work with all personal data in line with the General Data Protection Regulation 2018.

Links from our website

Our website may contain links to other websites.

Our Privacy Policy only covers the Dundee Heritage Trust domain (rrsdiscovery.co.uk, verdantworks.co.uk,  dundeeheritagetrust.co.uk).

Please note that if you provide information to a website to which we link, we are not responsible for its protection and privacy.

Always be wary when submitting data to websites.  Read the site’s data protection and privacy policies fully.

 

COPYRIGHT POLICY 

© Copyright [2026]

Material featured on this site is subject to copyright protection unless otherwise indicated.

The permission to reproduce Dundee Heritage Trust copyright-protected material does not extend to any material on this site which is identified as being the copyright of a third party. Authorisation to reproduce such material must be obtained from the copyright holders concerned.