Arbroath Abbey Visitor Centre

Arbroath Abbey Visitor Centre is a tourism office in Angus, North East Scotland, Scotland. Arbroath Abbey Visitor Centre is situated nearby to St Andrew’s Parish Church, Arbroath, as well as near King William the Lion.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Arbroath Abbey and St Andrew’s Parish Church, Arbroath.

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.

St Andrew’s Parish Church, Arbroath

Church

Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Andrew's Parish Church is a congregation of the Church of Scotland located in Arbroath, Angus, Scotland. The church building was constructed in the late 1880s.

Inverbrothock Parish Church, James Street, Arbroath

Church

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Inverbrothock Parish Church, James Street, Arbroath is situated 520 feet southwest of Arbroath Abbey Visitor Centre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Arbroath and St Vigeans.

Arbroath is a small fishing port in Angus in north-east Scotland, 16 miles from Dundee, and with a population of 23,500 in 2022. It's best known for its red sandstone abbey, its local fish specialty "Arbroath Smokies", and as the scene in 1320 of Scotland's first documented assertion of independence, the Declaration of Arbroath.

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.

Elliot

Hamlet

Photo: Derek Robertson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Elliot is a coastal hamlet in the county of Angus, Scotland, on the westernmost edge of Arbroath on the A92 road. The Elliot Water reaches the North Sea at Elliot. Elliot is situated 2 miles southwest of Arbroath Abbey Visitor Centre.

Arbroath Abbey Visitor Centre

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

56.5626° or 56° 33′ 45″ north

Longitude

-2.58332° or 2° 34′ 60″ west

Open location code

9C8VHC78+2M

OpenStreetMap ID

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