Clonduff GAC (Chluain Daimh CLG) is the local Gaelic Club in the area.
The stadia of the two professional football teams Dundee FC and Dundee United FC are on the north eastern border of the Hilltown, Dens Park is slightly south of Tannadice Park which is closer to the Stobswell area.
The pupils come from the surrounding catchment area: Warrenpoint, Annalong, Newcastle, Castlewellan, Hilltown and Rostrevor.
The family lived in a small flat in the Hilltown area of the city and it was here that most of Barty's childhood was spent before the family moved to Foggyley Gardens in the Lochee area.
In the late 1960s, Zarina, and second husband Anthony Costa Heywood, also an architect, began working on the restoration of the ancient Italian hilltown of Civita di Bagnoregio, located 60 miles north of Rome.