RM Condor

RM Condor is a large Royal Marines base located near Arbroath in East Angus, Scotland. The base also houses 7 Battery Royal Artillery, part of 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery.

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Type: Military installation
Description: barracks in Angus, Scotland, UK
Also known as: “Arbroath Airfield”, “HMS Condor”, and “RNAS Arbroath”
Address: Battenberg Road, Arbroath, DD11 3SP

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Arbroath Abbey and St Vigeans Sculptured Stones Museum.

Arbroath Abbey

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Arbroath Abbey, in the Scottish town of Arbroath, was founded in 1178 by King William the Lion for a group of Tironensian Benedictine monks from Kelso Abbey. Arbroath Abbey is situated 2 miles southeast of RM Condor.

St Vigeans Sculptured Stones Museum

Museum

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St Vigeans Sculptured Stones Museum, located in the Angus village of St Vigeans, houses an outstanding collection of Pictish carved stones. St Vigeans, close to Arbroath, was the centre of a royal estate in the Early Middle Ages, and was of religious importance as a monastery founded in the 8th century. St Vigeans Sculptured Stones Museum is situated 1½ miles east of RM Condor.

Letham Grange estate

Manor estate

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Letham Grange is a mansion and estate situated north of Arbroath, in Angus, Scotland. The mansion itself is category B listed. Letham Grange estate is situated 1½ miles north of RM Condor.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Colliston and St Vigeans.

Colliston

Village

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Colliston is a roadside hamlet in Angus, Scotland that is four miles north of Arbroath on the A933 Arbroath to Brechin road, in the parish of St Vigeans.

St Vigeans

Village

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St Vigeans is a small village and parish in Angus, Scotland, immediately to the north of Arbroath. Originally rural, it is now more or less a suburb of the town of Arbroath.

Arbirlot

Village

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Arbirlot is a village in a rural parish of the same name in Angus, Scotland. The current name is usually presumed to be a contraction of Aberelliot or Aber-Eliot, both meaning the mouth of the Elliot. Arbirlot is situated 2 miles southwest of RM Condor.

RM Condor

Categories: barracks, airbase, and Royal Naval Air Service station
Location: Angus, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.58254° or 56° 34′ 57″ north

Longitude

-2.62794° or 2° 37′ 41″ west

Operator

Royal Marines

Open location code

9C8VH9MC+2R

OpenStreetMap ID

way 146118113

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=military

OpenStreetMap feature

military=base

Wikidata ID

Q7277114

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From French to Norwegian Bokmål—“RM Condor” goes by many names.

French: “Royal Marines Condor”
Norwegian Bokmål: “RM Condor”

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