Letham
Letham is a village in Angus, Scotland. Letham is the largest village in Angus, with a population of nearly 2,000. Situated 17 miles from Dundee, 5 miles from Forfar, 10 miles from Arbroath and 10 miles from Carnoustie.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 1,610 residents
- Description: village in Angus, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Letham, Angus”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Guthrie Castle and Rescobie Loch.
Guthrie Castle
Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Guthrie Castle is a castle and country house in Angus, Scotland. It is located in the village of Guthrie, 10 kilometres east of Forfar, and 29 kilometres north-east of Dundee. Guthrie Castle is situated 2½ miles northeast of Letham.
Rescobie Loch
Lake
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rescobie Loch is a post glacial fresh water body located in the parish of Rescobie, 4 km to the East of Forfar, in the county of Angus, Scotland. The loch is fed by Lunan Water which enters from the West and exits to the East. Rescobie Loch is situated 2 miles northwest of Letham.
Auldbar Road railway station
Dwelling
Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Auldbar Road railway station was located near the town of Guthrie in the Scottish county of Angus.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bowriefauld and Dunnichen.
Bowriefauld
Village
Bowriefauld is a small village in Angus, Scotland. To the north of Bowriefauld is Dunnichen and to the east is Letham. The village has several old cottages. Dunnichen cemetery is on the northern edge of the village.
Dunnichen
Village
Photo: Alan Morrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dunnichen is a small village in Angus, Scotland, situated between Letham and Forfar. It is close to Dunnichen Hill, at which the Battle of Dun Nechtain is popularly believed to have been fought.
Craichie
Village
Photo: Alan Morrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Craichie is a hamlet in the parish of Dunnichen, Angus, Scotland. Craichie is three miles south-east of Forfar and two miles south-west of Letham, at a junction on the B9128 Carnoustie to Forfar road. Craichie is situated 2 miles southwest of Letham.
Letham
- Category: locality
- Location: Angus, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.62883° or 56° 37′ 44″ northLongitude
-2.76954° or 2° 46′ 10″ westPopulation
1,610Elevation
335 feet (102 metres)Inception
1788United Nations Location Code
GB LGUOpen location code
9C8VJ6HJ+G5OpenStreetMap ID
node 1301944394OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2644594Wikidata ID
Q1821070
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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 “Letham”. Photo: Dominic Dawn Harry and Jacob Paterson, CC BY-SA 2.0.