Arbroath

Arbroath is a small fishing port in in north-east Scotland, 16 miles from Dundee, and with a population of 23,500 in 2022. It's best known for its red sandstone abbey, its local fish specialty "Arbroath Smokies", and as the scene in 1320 of Scotland's first documented assertion of independence, the Declaration of Arbroath.
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  • Town with 23,500 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 33 feet (10 metres)
  • …is also known as “Aberbrothock”
  • …dates from 1174
  • Description: town in Angus, Scotland, UK

Places of Interest

Highlights include Arbroath Abbey and Gayfield Park.

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, in the Scottish town of Arbroath, was…

Stadium
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, commonly known as Gayfield, is a football in Arbroath, .

Railway station
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serves the town of Arbroath in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Arbirlot and St Vigeans.

Village
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is a village in a rural parish of the same name in . is situated 2½ miles west of Arbroath.

Village
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is a small village and parish in , immediately to the north of Arbroath.

Hamlet
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is a coastal hamlet in the county…

Arbroath

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Latitude
56.5587° or 56° 33′ 31″ north
Longitude
-2.5816° or 2° 34′ 54″ west
UN/LOCODE
GB ARB
Open location code
9C8VHC59+F9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5305193765
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2657215
Wiki­data ID
Q630668

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Arbroath” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أربروث”
  • Asturian: “Arbroath”
  • Basque: “Arbroath”
  • Bengali: “আরব্রোথ”
  • Breton: “Obar Bhrothaig”
  • Bulgarian: “Арброут”
  • Catalan: “Arbroath”
  • Cebuano: “Arbroath”
  • Chinese: “安格斯”
  • Chinese: “阿布洛斯”
  • Chinese: “阿布羅斯”
  • Chinese: “阿布莱阿斯”
  • Chinese: “阿布萊阿斯”
  • Czech: “Arbroath”
  • Danish: “Arbroath”
  • Dutch: “Arbroath”
  • French: “Arbroath”
  • Galician: “Arbroath - Aiberbrothock - Obair Bhrothaig”
  • Galician: “Arbroath”
  • German: “Arbroath”
  • Gujarati: “આર્બ્રોથ”
  • Hebrew: “ארברואת‘”
  • Ido: “Arbroath”
  • Indonesian: “Arbroath”
  • Irish: “Obar Bhrothaig”
  • Italian: “Arbroath”
  • Japanese: “アーブロース”
  • Japanese: “アルブロース”
  • Kannada: “ಅರ್ಬ್ರೊತ್”
  • Korean: “아르브로스”
  • Latvian: “Ārbrota”
  • Lithuanian: “Arbrotas”
  • Manx: “Obar Bhrothaig”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Arbroath”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Arbroath”
  • Norwegian: “Arbroath”
  • Persian: “آربروث”
  • Polish: “Arbroath”
  • Portuguese: “Arbroath”
  • Russian: “Абербротвик”
  • Russian: “Арброт”
  • Scots: “Aiberbrothock”
  • Scots: “Arbroath”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Arbroath”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Obar Bhrothaig”
  • Slovak: “Arbroath”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آربروث”
  • Spanish: “Aberbrothock”
  • Spanish: “Arbroath”
  • Spanish: “Obair Bhrothaig”
  • Swedish: “Aberbrothock”
  • Swedish: “Arbroath”
  • Tamil: “அரப்ரோத்”
  • Telugu: “అర్బ్రోత్”
  • Ukrainian: “Аберброток”
  • Ukrainian: “Арброт”
  • Urdu: “اربرواتھ”
  • Welsh: “Arbroath”
  • Welsh: “Obar Bhrothaig”
  • Western Frisian: “Arbroath”

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