Montrose Air Station Museum
The Montrose Air Station Museum is located to the north of Montrose, Angus, Scotland. Montrose has the distinction of having the first operational military airfield in Great Britain and the Heritage Centre is located on the former airfield.Photo: Kevan Dickin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: aviation museum in Montrose, Angus, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre” and “RAF Montrose museum”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Links Park and Montrose railway station.
Links Park
Stadium
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Links Park is a football stadium in Montrose, Scotland. It has been the home ground of Montrose F.C. since 1887. Links Park was opened in 1887 on land rented from the 'Auld Kirk'. Links Park is situated 1 mile south of Montrose Air Station 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 1 mile southwest of Montrose Air Station Museum.
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 1 mile south of Montrose Air Station Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Montrose and Hillside.
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.
Hillside
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hillside is a small private village in Angus, Scotland, situated 5 miles to the north of Montrose. The village is the location for the now disused psychiatric hospital, Sunnyside Royal Hospital.
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. Ferryden is situated 2 miles south of Montrose Air Station Museum.
Montrose Air Station Museum
- Categories: military museum, aviation museum, independent museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Angus, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.72622° or 56° 43′ 34″ northLongitude
-2.46197° or 2° 27′ 43″ westOpen location code
9C8VPGGQ+F6OpenStreetMap ID
way 1285393582OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q11838980
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