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Montrose

Place in Angus, Scotland

Coordinates:56.72, -2.466
OS grid ref:NO 71 58
Population:11,880
Dialling code: 01674

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.

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Transport links

  • Airport Aberdeen Airport 34.8 miles56 km
  • Airport Edinburgh Airport 63.5 miles102.3 km
  • Railway station Montrose Railway Station 0.5 miles0.9 km
  • Railway station Bridge of Dun Railway Station 3.3 miles5.3 km

Schools in Montrose

  • Lochside Primary School Primary
  • St Margaret's RC Primary School Primary
  • Borrowfield Primary School Primary
  • Montrose Academy Secondary
  • Southesk 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