Montrose Basin Wildlife Centre

Montrose Basin Wildlife Centre is a tourism office in Angus, North East Scotland, Scotland. Montrose Basin Wildlife Centre is situated nearby to the manor estate Craig House, as well as near the bridge Rossie Viaduct.

Opening hours:
February 14th—October 31st: 10:30 AM—5:00 PM
November 1st—February 13th: 10:30 AM—4:00 PM; Tuesday—Thursday closed
Email: montrosebasin@scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk
Type: Tourism office
Address: Montrose, DD10 9TA

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Montrose railway station and Montrose Museum.

Montrose railway station

Railway station

Photo: Bill Harrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Montrose railway station serves the town of Montrose in Angus, Scotland. The station overlooks the Montrose Basin and is situated on the Dundee–Aberdeen line, 90 miles north of Edinburgh Waverley, between Arbroath and Laurencekirk. Montrose railway station is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Montrose Basin Wildlife Centre.

Montrose Museum

Museum

Photo: Rpriv2000, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Montrose Museum opened in 1842 in Montrose, Angus, Scotland. The museum came into being when in 1841 the Montrose Natural History and Antiquarian Society started a fund to expand its space; in order to house its curiosities and wonders ranging from geological and ethnographical artefacts to a collection of natural history objects and fine art. Montrose Museum is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Montrose Basin Wildlife Centre.

Montrose Old and St Andrew’s Church

Church

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Old and St Andrew's Church is a Church of Scotland church in Montrose, Angus. It was dedicated in 1793. The current steeple, designed by James Gillespie Graham, was completed in 1834. Montrose Old and St Andrew’s Church is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Montrose Basin Wildlife Centre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ferryden and Montrose.

Ferryden

Village

Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ferryden is a village in Angus, Scotland in the community council area of Ferryden & Craig. It lies southerly adjacent to the town of Montrose on the south bank of the South Esk and is considered a fringe locality of Montrose, being connected to the latter by the former Rossie Island, now home to shipping facilities and Montrose Port Authority.

Montrose

Photo: Gortyna, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Montrose is a small port in Angus, midway between Dundee and Aberdeen in northeast Scotland. In 2022 its population was 11,200.

Old Montrose

Hamlet

Old Montrose is an estate in Montrose, Angus, Scotland. The lands and house of Old Montrose were given to David de Graham of Kincardine, in exchange for his lands of at Cardross to King Robert I of Scotland in 1326. Old Montrose is situated 2 miles west of Montrose Basin Wildlife Centre.

Montrose Basin Wildlife Centre

Categories: information, building, and tourism
Location: Angus, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.69897° or 56° 41′ 56″ north

Longitude

-2.49054° or 2° 29′ 26″ west

Wheelchair access

yes

Operator

Scottish Wildlife Trust

Open location code

9C8VMGX5+HQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 111199373

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=information

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