Montrose is a coastal town in Angus, Scotland, sitting at the mouth of the River South Esk on the North Sea. Its broad bay shelters the Montrose Basin, a tidal lagoon of international importance for migrating waders and wildfowl and managed in part as an RSPB reserve; the town also offers a long sandy beach and a working harbour.
Historically a trading and fishing port, Montrose still has maritime and industrial links through Montrose Port, and it was home to one of Britain’s earliest military airfields, commemorated at the Montrose Air Station Museum. The town is proud of its golfing heritage at Montrose Golf Links and functions as a quiet cultural and service centre between Dundee and Aberdeen, with tourism, local services and some energy-sector support work sustaining the local economy.
Postcode districts covering Montrose
Most populated places nearby
- Arbroath 11.8 miles19 km
- Forfar 17 miles27.4 km
- Carnoustie 17.9 miles28.7 km
- Stonehaven 19.4 miles31.3 km
Neighbouring places
- Ferryden and Inchbraoch Place 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Hillside Place 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Montrose and District Ward 1.9 miles3.1 km
- St. Cyrus Place 4.1 miles6.6 km
- Johnshaven Place 7.2 miles11.6 km
- Brechin Place 7.4 miles11.9 km
- Laurencekirk Place 7.8 miles12.5 km
- Arbroath East and Lunan Ward 8.5 miles13.7 km
- Mearns Ward 9.3 miles14.9 km
- Friockheim Place 9.4 miles15.1 km
- Edzell Place 9.4 miles15.2 km
Example postcodes in Montrose
DD10 9EX, DD10 8RX, DD10 8AA, DD10 9FJ, DD10 8HA, DD10 9BB, DD10 9DX, DD10 8JG, DD10 8PY … See all
Transport links
- Aberdeen Airport 34.8 miles56 km
- Edinburgh Airport 63.5 miles102.3 km
- Montrose Railway Station 0.5 miles0.9 km
- Bridge of Dun Railway Station 3.3 miles5.3 km
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Schools in Montrose
- Borrowfield Primary School Primary
- Lochside Primary School Primary
- Montrose Academy Secondary
- Southesk Primary School Primary
- St Margaret's RC Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Links Park Stadium 0.5 miles0.8 km
- Montrose Harbour Harbour 1.4 miles2.2 km
- Kinnaird Castle Estate 4.7 miles7.5 km
- Anniston Estate 6.5 miles10.5 km
- Ethie Castle Estate 7.3 miles11.7 km
- Glebe Park Stadium 7.3 miles11.7 km
- Aldbar Castle Estate 9 miles14.5 km
- Green Cairn Archaeological site 9.3 miles15 km
- Letham Grange Estate 9.7 miles15.7 km
- Fasque Estate 11 miles17.8 km
- Drumtochty Castle Estate 12.5 miles20.1 km
- Gayfield Park Stadium 12.5 miles20.2 km