Forfar
Sign in to saveForfar (; , ) is the county town of Angus, Scotland, and the administrative centre for Angus Council, with a new multi-million-pound office complex located on the outskirts of the town. As of 2021, the town had a population of 16,280.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.official_name
- Forfar
- UK place.type
- County town and administrative centre
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Baile Fharfair
- UK place.scots_name
- Farfar
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.population_demonym
- Forfarian
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NO455505
- UK place.map_type
- Scotland
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Angus
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Angus
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Angus and Perthshire Glens
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Angus North and Mearns
- UK place.post_town
- FORFAR
- UK place.postcode_district
- DD8
- UK place.postcode_area
- DD
- UK place.dial_code
- 01307
- UK place.london_distance_mi
- 372
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- Rugby league
- Rugby union
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Forfar (; , ) is the county town of Angus, Scotland, and the administrative centre for Angus Council, with a new multi-million-pound office complex located on the outskirts of the town. As of 2021, the town had a population of 16,280.
The town lies in Strathmore and is situated just off the main A90 road between Perth and Aberdeen, with Dundee (the nearest city) being 13 miles (21 km) away. It is approximately 5 miles (8 km) from Glamis Castle, seat of the Bowes-Lyon family and ancestral home of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, and where Princess Margaret, younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II, was born in 1930.