North Leckaway
North Leckaway is a hamlet in Angus, North East Scotland, Scotland. North Leckaway is situated nearby to the hamlet East & Mid Ingliston, as well as near Mains of Brigton.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Loch of Forfar and Kinnettles Castle.
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.
Kinnettles Castle
Castle
Photo: Alan Morrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kinnettles Castle is a mid-19th century period castle located in Forfar, Angus, Scotland. Set on 44 acres, the Scottish Baronial castle is now a hotel.
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. Meffan Institute is situated 2 miles northeast of North Leckaway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Douglastown and Forfar.
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a flax mill to spin yarn for heavy linen cloth called osnaburgs (named from the German town of Osnabrück, where it was originally made.
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.
Kincaldrum
Hamlet
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kincaldrum is a hamlet in the county of Angus, Scotland. It lies 1 km northwest of Gateside. Kincaldrum House lies in ruins. A corn mill once stood near the hamlet. Kincaldrum is situated 2½ miles south of North Leckaway.
North Leckaway
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Angus, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.63045° or 56° 37′ 50″ northLongitude
-2.92968° or 2° 55′ 47″ westOpen location code
9C8VJ3JC+54OpenStreetMap ID
node 4173565741OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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