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Arbroath, Queen's Drive, Outdoor Pool And Leisure Centre
Swimming Pool (20th Century)
Site Name Arbroath, Queen's Drive, Outdoor Pool And Leisure Centre
Classification Swimming Pool (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Dundee Road
Canmore ID 193230
Site Number NO64SW 238
NGR NO 63372 40143
NGR Description Centred NO 63372 40143
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/193230
- Council Angus
- Parish Arbroath And St Vigeans
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
Note (30 June 2021)
The outdoor bathing pool at Arbroath was opened in 1935 and was the largest of its kind in Scotland. The complex is depicted on the 1965 OS map (NO6340SW – A). Angus District Council closed the pool in 1981 and the area was redeveloped into a leisure complex.
Information from HES Survey and Recording (LMcC) 30 June 2021
Aberdeen Press and Journal, 23/1/1981; 3/3/1981; 27/3/1981
