Where is arbroath

Cookies are required to view this content. Change your preferences at Manage Cookie Settings. Add a room Remove. Add a room. Check Availability. Visit advice page. Arbroath, settled in the 12th century, lies 15 miles to the north east of Dundee. Distance is measured from the centre of Arbroath to the centre of the town.

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Location of Arbroath within DD Source: Wikipedia: List of postcode districts in the United Kingdom. Arbroath is 6 miles north-east of Carnoustie. It is known that a wooden pier had been built at Arbroath by , and the first harbour, known as the Abbot's Harbour, was built in Arbroath's name comes from its position at the mouth of the Brothock Burn.

Through much of history the town was usually called "Aberbrothock", though as early as the s it was sometimes being called by the shortened form "Arbroath" or one of a number of variants of both its long and short names.

By the mid s "Arbroath" was being fairly universally used. Today the name of Arbroath is known worldwide for two very different reasons. In April , Bernard, Abbot of Arbroath, oversaw the drafting of the "Declaration of Arbroath", thought by many to be the most important and influential document in Scottish history. It asked the Pope to put pressure on Edward II of England to recognise Robert the Bruce as the legitimate King of Scotland; and it also asked him to remove the excommunication that had been placed on Robert after he had murdered the Red Comyn in a Dumfries church in The Declaration is famous for one phrase in particular: "For, as long as but a hundred of us remain alive, never will we on any conditions be brought under English rule.

It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom — for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself. It was the first time anyone, anywhere, had thought about royalty in this way. Arbroath is also renowned as the home of Arbroath Smokies.

These are pairs of haddock tied at the tails and smoked over burning hardwood chips in 1. This process still takes place in any number of back street smokeries close to Arbroath's harbour: and the delicious product can be sampled from the many traditional fishmongers still operating in the town.

The good news is that under European Law the Arbroath Smokie has been given the same protection as Champagne: if they are not smoked within an eight kilometer radius of Arbroath Town House they are not Arbroath Smokies.

Ironically, Arbroath Smokies were first produced not in Arbroath but four miles up the coast and within the designated area in the small fishing village of Auchmithie. If Arbroath's early growth depended heavily on Arbroath Abbey the last few centuries have seen it look much more to the sea for its prosperity. And not just to fishing, though this has been and continues to be important to the town.