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.- 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
Photo: Bubobubo2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Arbroath railway station
Railway station
Photo: Peter Moore, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Arbroath railway station serves the town of Arbroath in Angus, Scotland. The station is 17 miles east of Dundee on the line between Dundee and Aberdeen, between Carnoustie and Montrose. Arbroath railway station is situated 2 miles southeast 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
Photo: Alan Morrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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, air base, 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″ northLongitude
-2.62794° or 2° 37′ 41″ westOperator
Royal MarinesOpen location code
9C8VH9MC+2ROpenStreetMap ID
way 146118113OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryOpenStreetMap feature
military=baseWikidata ID
Q7277114
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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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Highlights include St Christopher’s Church and Woodley Caravan Park.
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