Arbroath Tourist Attractions: 12 Top Places to Visit
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Top Places to visit in Arbroath:
Arbroath to Auchmithie Coastal Path, Lunan Bay, Signal Tower Museum, Arbroath Abbey, Arbroath Harbour, The Webster Memorial Theatre, Kerr's Miniature Railway, Hospitalfield Arts, St Vigeans Sculptured Stones Museum, Keptie Pond, Arbroath Sports Centre, Resin Art Gallery
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Places to see in ( Arbroath - UK )
Places to see in ( Arbroath - UK )
Arbroath or Aberbrothock is a former royal burgh and the largest town in the council area of Angus in Scotland. Arbroath lies on the North Sea coast, around 16 miles ENE of Dundee and 45 miles SSW of Aberdeen.
While there is evidence for settlement of the area now occupied by the town that dates back to the Iron Age, Arbroath's history as a town begins in the High Middle Ages with the founding of Arbroath Abbey in 1178. Arbroath grew considerably during the Industrial Revolution owing to the expansion of firstly the flax and secondly the jute industries and the engineering sector. A new harbour was built in 1839 and by the 20th century, Arbroath had become one of the larger fishing ports in Scotland.
The town is notable as the home of the Declaration of Arbroath, as well as the Arbroath smokie. The town's football team, Arbroath Football Club, hold the world record for the highest number of goals scored in a professional football match. They won 36–0 against Aberdeen Bon Accord in the Scottish Cup in 1885.
Arbroath is located on the North Sea coast in eastern Scotland 17 miles (27 km) northeast of Dundee, within the Angus region. Geologically, Arbroath sits predominantly on Old Red Sandstone. Lower-lying parts of the town were below sea level during and immediately after the last ice age.
Arbroath is located 98 miles (158 km) northeast of Glasgow, 50 miles (80 km) southwest of Aberdeen and 77 miles (124 km) from Edinburgh. The neighbouring villages of St Vigeans, Carmyllie, Friockheim, Colliston and Inverkeilor are considered part of Arbroath for the purposes of council representation, and together with Carnoustie, share the 01241 telephone area code with Arbroath.
Tourism plays some part in the Arbroath economy, with Arbroath Abbey attracting over 14,000 visitors each year. Attractions during the summer months include the Seafront Spectacular, which includes an airshow, and the Seafest which is themed around Arbroath's maritime heritage. There is also a re-enactment of the signing of the Declaration of Arbroath
Arbroath is home to Kerr's Miniature Railway, the oldest miniature railway in Scotland, which has been operating since 1935 and which at its height, in 1955, saw 60,000 visitors. The town also features a multimillion-pound Harbour Visitor Centre, located close to the Town Quay.
The A92 road connects Arbroath to Dundee and Fife to the south west, and Stonehaven in the north east. Arbroath has a modest public bus transport system, with the Arbroath Bus Station serving as the town's main terminus.
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Edinburgh Castle
This is Scotland's most famous tourist attraction. The castle has had a rich and colourful history, withstanding numerous attacks from Oliver Cromwell's Roundheads in 1650, and William and Mary's army in 1689. It was also the birthplace of James VI of Scotland (who became James I of England in 1603), who was born to Mary Queen of Scots in a tiny room in the Royal Residence in 1566. It became the main castle of Scotland's monarchs in the Middle Ages; the buildings within the fortress include a 12th century chapel - Edinburgh's oldest building- and the Great Hall, completed in 1511.
Today, from its perch on top of an extinct volcano, it is home to the National War Museum of Scotland, hosts the Edinburgh Military Tattoo every August, and is still an active army base. In 1996, after 800 years in England, the Stone of Destiny (the coronation stone of Scottish monarchs) was returned to Edinburgh Castle. It and the Honours of Scotland (the Scottish Crown Jewels) are on display there, as is Mons Meg, a giant siege gun given to James II in 1457. The view from the battlements provides a splendid panorama of the city.
Opening Times: Daily 0930-1800 (Apr-Sep); daily 0930-1700 (Oct-Mar).
Admission Fees: Yes.
Disabled Access: Yes
Unesco: No
Address: Castlehill, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Edinburgh Zoo
Founded in 1913 by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, Edinburgh Zoo is one of the most significant zoos in Europe. It is Scotland's most popular wildlife attraction, with over 1,000 animals, including the UK's only koalas. Set in 32 hectares (80 acres) of beautiful parkland on the slopes of Corstorphine Hill, with stunning views of the surrounding countryside, the zoo is famous for its newest arrivals, two giant pandas from China, the first pair to live in the UK for 17 years. It also boasts the world's largest chimpanzee enclosure and the biggest penguin pool, which is home to the largest colony of penguins in Europe. As well as animals, there are many other attractions, such as the Budongo Trail, Rainbow Landings, African Plains Experience and the Hilltop Safari Tour.
Opening Times: Daily 0900-1800 (Apr-Sep); daily 0900-1700 (Oct and Mar); daily 0900-1630 (Nov-Feb).
Admission Fees: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
Unesco: No
Address: 134 Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
National Galleries of Scotland
Scotland's national art collection is held by the National Galleries of Scotland and is displayed across three locations in Edinburgh: the National Gallery Complex, the Scottish National Portrait Gallery and the Modern Art Galleries.
The Scottish National Gallery, on the corner of Princes Street and the Mound, houses the world's most comprehensive collection of Scottish art, with many works by 18th- and 19th-century Scottish painters such as Ramsay, Raeburn, Wilkie and Guthrie. Its permanent collection also features work by Europe's great masters, including Titian, El Greco, Van Gogh, Monet and Gauguin. Temporary exhibitions are held in the Royal Scottish Academy building, physically connected to the National Gallery by the underground Weston Link.
The national collection of modern and contemporary art is displayed at the Modern Art Galleries, on Belford Road. The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, set in a sculpture park dominated by a dramatic landform work, has probably the world's most extensive collection of 20th-century Scottish art, featuring paintings by the Scottish Colourists (Peploe, Fergusson, Cadell and Hunter) and 'New Glasgow Boys' such as Peter Howson and Ken Currie. The gallery also has superb holdings of expressionist and modern British art, including works by Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud. Modern Art Two (formerly the Dean Gallery) across the road houses works gifted by the Edinburgh-born sculptor Eduardo Paolozzi; it also has a world-class Dada and Surrealism collection.
The Scottish National Portrait Gallery at 1 Queen Street was the first purpose-built portrait gallery in the world when it opened in 1889. Portraits are displayed under the historical themes Reformation, Enlightenment, Empire, Modernity as well as Contemporary. The collection includes over 3,000 paintings, 25,000 works on paper and 38,000 photographs; among these are many newly commissioned photos.
Opening Times: Daily 1000-1700.
Admission Fees: No.
Disabled Access: Yes
Unesco: No
Address: United Kingdom
Places to see in ( Stonehaven - UK )
Places to see in ( Stonehaven - UK )
Stonehaven is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It lies on Scotland's northeast coast. After the demise of the town of Kincardine, which was gradually abandoned after the destruction of its royal castle in the Wars of Independence, the Scottish Parliament made Stonehaven the successor county town of Kincardineshire.
Stonehaven had grown around an Iron Age fishing village, now the Auld Toon (old town), and expanded inland from the seaside. As late as the 16th century, old maps indicate the town was called Stonehyve, Stonehive, Pont also adding the alternative Duniness. It is known informally to locals as Stoney. The town is served by Stonehaven railway station, and lies just to the east of the A90 road.
Stonehaven is the site of prehistoric events evidenced by finds at Fetteresso Castle and Neolithic pottery excavations from the Spurryhillock area. The Covenanters were imprisoned in Dunnottar Castle, where many died. A memorial to them can be found in Dunnottar Church. Other castles in the vicinity are Fetteresso Castle and Muchalls Castle, both of which are in private ownership and not open to the public. The oldest surviving structure in Stonehaven is the Stonehaven Tolbooth at the harbour, used as an early prison and now a museum.
Dunnottar Castle, perched atop a rocky outcrop, was home to the Keith family, and during the Scottish Wars of Independence, the Scottish Crown Jewels were hidden there. In 1296, King Edward I of England took the castle only for William Wallace to reclaim it in 1297, burning down the church in the process with the entire English garrison still in it. In 1650, Oliver Cromwell sacked the castle to find the Crown Jewels following an eight-month siege (having previously destroyed the English Crown Jewels). However, just before the castle fell, the Crown Jewels were smuggled out by some ladies who took them by boat to a small church just down the coast in the village of Kinneff, where they remained undetected for eleven years.
Stonehaven was a Jacobite town in the Fifteen and it was a safe base for the retreating Jacobite army to stay overnight on the night of 5–6 February 1716. In the Forty-Five Stonehaven, part of the Episcopalian north-east, was again ‘reliably Jacobite’ and it was one of the north-eastern ports where reinforcements, plus money and equipment were periodically landed from France.
Stonehaven is 15 miles (24 km) south of Aberdeen in a sheltered position on Stonehaven Bay between the Carron Water and the Cowie Water. Stonehaven lies adjacent to a deeply indented bay surrounded on three sides by higher land between Downie Point and Garron Point. The harbour, consisting of two basins, was improved in the 1820s by the engineer Robert Stevenson (grandfather of the author Robert Louis Stevenson) and became an important centre of the 19th century herring trade; the harbour is bordered on the north by Bellman's Head and at the south by Downie Point.
Stonehaven has three Churches of Scotland: Dunnottar Parish Church, Stonehaven South Parish Church and Fetteresso Parish Church, an evangelical Church of Scotland. The town is also home to City Church South, Stonehaven Baptist Church, St James' Episcopal Church and St Mary's Catholic Church.
Dunnottar Castle is a ruined medieval fortress located upon a rocky headland on the north-east coast of Scotland, about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) south of Stonehaven. The surviving buildings are largely of the 15th and 16th centuries, but the site is believed to have been fortified in the Early Middle Ages. Dunnottar has played a prominent role in the history of Scotland through to the 18th-century Jacobite risings because of its strategic location and defensive strength. Dunnottar is best known as the place where the Honours of Scotland, the Scottish crown jewels, were hidden from Oliver Cromwell's invading army in the 17th century.
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Day 9 see's the 2 remaining riders both Pip and myself have an enjoyable day in Ostend. An easy day on the bikes but plenty to see in this episode.
A quick ride past the Atlantic Wall, a yellow trike and the smallest ice-cream van in the world :-)
We also see some of the amazing sand sculptures in the process of becoming a new attraction in Ostend which when completed will be the Disney Sand Magic Show.
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