Westfield
Westfield is a quarter in Angus, North East Scotland, Scotland. Westfield is situated nearby to the quarter Gallowshade, as well as near Orchardbank.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Loch of Forfar and Meffan Institute.
Loch of Forfar
Lake
Photo: Karen Vernon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loch of Forfar is a freshwater loch lying on the western side of the town of Forfar, Scotland. The loch trends in an east to west direction and is approximately 1 mi in length.
Meffan Institute
Museum
Photo: Ewen Rennie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Meffan Institute is a museum and art gallery in Forfar, Angus. Opened in 1898, it houses a variety of exhibits of local interest in Angus, including a collection of Pictish stones, particularly the Dunnichen Stone and the Kirriemuir Sculptured Stones as well as Roman and Medieval artefacts found in the local area.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Forfar and Kingsmuir.
Forfar
Photo: LeCardinal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Forfar is the county town of Angus, 13 miles north of Dundee. It had a linen and jute industry in the 18th and 19th centuries but those have gone, so Forfar is now a commuter town for Dundee, with a population in 2020 of 14,000.
Kingsmuir
Village
Photo: Alan Morrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kingsmuir is a small village in Angus, Scotland, one mile south-east of Forfar on the B9128 Carnoustie to Forfar road. Kingsmuir is situated 2 miles east of Westfield.
Douglastown
Village
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Douglastown is a hamlet in Kinnettles in Angus, Scotland, three miles south-west of Forfar. It takes its name from the landowner who in about 1789 provided land for James Ivory & Co. to build a flax mill to spin yarn for heavy linen cloth called osnaburgs (named from the German town of Osnabrück, where it was originally made. Douglastown is situated 2½ miles southwest of Westfield.
Westfield
- Type: Quarter
- Category: locality
- Location: Angus, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.63648° or 56° 38′ 11″ northLongitude
-2.90279° or 2° 54′ 10″ westOpen location code
9C8VJ3PW+HVOpenStreetMap ID
node 3915087466OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarter
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