Common Myre
Common Myre is a recreation area in Angus, North East Scotland, Scotland. Common Myre is situated nearby to the police station Forfar Police Office, as well as near the park West Greens.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Meffan Institute and Forfar, 60 West High Street, St Margaret’s Church.
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 830 feet east of Common Myre.
Forfar, 60 West High Street, St Margaret’s Church
Church
Photo: PaulT, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Forfar, 60 West High Street, St Margaret’s Church is situated 480 feet east of Common Myre.
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 3,600 feet northeast of Common Myre.
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 2 miles southeast of Common Myre.
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a flax mill to spin yarn for heavy linen cloth called osnaburgs (named from the German town of Osnabrück, where it was originally made.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 Common Myre.
Common Myre
- Type: Recreation area
- Also known as: “The Myre”
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Angus, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.64375° or 56° 38′ 38″ northLongitude
-2.89358° or 2° 53′ 37″ westOpen location code
9C8VJ4V4+FHOpenStreetMap ID
way 415638656OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=recreation_ground
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Forfar Police Office and West Greens.
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