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North East Scotland
Angus

Liff

Liff is a town in , situated 4+1⁄2 miles west-northwest of on a south-facing slope two miles north of the . It had a population of 568 in 2011.
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  • Type: Village with 1,890 residents
  • Description: village in Angus, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Kirkton of Liff” and “Liff, Angus”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Old Parish Church, Liff and Backmuir Wood.

Church
Photo: Scott Cormie, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Forest
is a 140.58 acres woodland in the Scottish county of , about 4 kilometres northwest of . It is located south of the A923, between the villages of and Liff.

Farmhouse
Photo: Douglas Nelson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated five miles northwest of , , in the hamlet of Fowlis. It is a tower house dating from the seventeenth century. It was held by the Maule family and then by the Mortimers before coming to the Gray family in 1337.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Birkhill and Gowrie Park.

Village
Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
and neighbouring Muirhead are two small villages in , just to the west of , .

Suburb
is a residential area of , , . Sandwiched between and Dundee Technology Park, it is located in the western edge of the city. is situated 1½ miles southeast of Liff.

Village
Photo: Macieklew, CC BY 3.0.
is a village on the northwest bank of the to the west of . Historically part of , it was formerly incorporated as part of the city of Dundee, but is now administered as part of . is situated 2 miles southeast of Liff.

Liff

Latitude
56.48316° or 56° 28′ 59″ north
Longitude
-3.08372° or 3° 5′ 1″ west
Population
1,890
Elevation
328 feet (100 metres)
Open location code
9C8RFWM8+7G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1415991131
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2644518
Wiki­data ID
Q6545556
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Liff” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Liff”
  • Chinese: “利夫”
  • Dutch: “Liff”
  • French: “Liff”
  • German: “Liff”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Liff i Skottland”
  • Spanish: “Liff”
  • Swedish: “Liff”
  • Welsh: “Liff, Angus”
  • Welsh: “Liff”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Mains of Fowlis and Fowlis Easter.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hurley Hawkin Broch and Gray Den.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Liff”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.