Forfar, 60 West High Street, St Margaret’s Church
Forfar, 60 West High Street, St Margaret’s Church is a church in Angus, North East Scotland, Scotland which is located on West High Street. Forfar, 60 West High Street, St Margaret’s Church is situated nearby to the community center Forfar Guide Hall, as well as near Forfar Library.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Description: church building in Angus, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “St. Margaret’s Church, Forfar” and “St. Margaret’s Parish Church”
- Address: West High Street, Forfar, DD8 1BJ
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Meffan Institute and Station Park.
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 370 feet northeast of Forfar, 60 West High Street, St Margaret’s Church.
Station Park
Stadium
Photo: Alan Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Station Park is a football ground in Forfar, Angus, Scotland. It is home to Scottish Professional Football League side Forfar Athletic and to Forfar Farmington of the Scottish Women's Premier League. Station Park is situated 3,400 feet north of Forfar, 60 West High Street, St Margaret’s Church.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Forfar and Kingsmuir.
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.
Kingsmuir
Village
Photo: Alan Morrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kingsmuir is a small village in Angus, Scotland, one mile south-east of Forfar on the B9128 Carnoustie to Forfar road. Kingsmuir is situated 1½ miles southeast of Forfar, 60 West High Street, St Margaret’s Church.
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. Douglastown is situated 3 miles southwest of Forfar, 60 West High Street, St Margaret’s Church.
Forfar, 60 West High Street, St Margaret’s Church
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Angus, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.64369° or 56° 38′ 37″ northLongitude
-2.8912° or 2° 53′ 28″ westOpen location code
9C8VJ4V5+FGOpenStreetMap ID
way 407744912OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=church_of_scotlandWikidata ID
Q114710539
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