Getting to Angus and around.
The trains, the roads and the buses
Arriving Dundee is the nearest transport hub, with an airport, a station on the East Coast line and the region’s main bus station.
By car A car is the easiest way to explore the glens, castles and coastal villages at your own pace. The A92 is the coastal route between Dundee and Aberdeen.
Public transport Regional bus services are operated by Stagecoach, connecting Dundee with towns like Arbroath, Forfar, and Montrose. Be aware that services to the more remote glens are infrequent.
Driving The A90 is the main arterial route running north-south through the region. Many roads in the Angus Glens are single-track; drive slowly, be prepared to reverse, and use passing places to allow traffic to flow.
Parking Generally easy, and often free in the towns and at visitor attractions.
Electric vehicle charging points A network of charging points is available across the county. For locations and live status, visit the ChargePlace Scotland website: chargeplacescotland.org.
By train
The main line from Edinburgh to Aberdeen runs along the Angus coast, stopping at Carnoustie, Arbroath and Montrose.
Arbroath is just over an hour and a half from Edinburgh by train.
By road
The A90 runs through the middle of Angus between Dundee and Aberdeen, passing Forfar and Brechin.
The A92 follows the coast through Arbroath and Montrose, and Dundee's airport is close by for the south of the region.
Getting around
A car is the easiest way to reach the glens, where many roads are single track with passing places.
Stagecoach buses link Dundee with Arbroath, Forfar and Montrose, but services up the glens are few.
Arbroath is handy for the cliffs, the abbey and the smokehouses, and it has a station on the main line. Montrose suits the beaches and the basin, and Kirriemuir, Forfar or Glamis are the places to stay for the glens.
Two or three days covers the coast from Carnoustie to Montrose and a visit to Glamis. Allow another day if you want to walk in the glens, where the roads are slow and the hills are big.
The coast is one of the drier parts of Scotland, with bright, breezy days, while the glens are colder and wetter and can hold snow into spring. Bring a warm layer for the cliff path at any time of year.
A haddock salted and smoked in pairs over hardwood, the traditional way, and only fish smoked like this in and around Arbroath can take the name. Buy them warm from the smokehouses round the harbour.
The cliff path from Arbroath runs north to Auchmithie past sea arches and caves. Inland, Glen Clova, Glen Doll and Glen Esk have everything from riverside strolls to Munros, and Crombie and Monikie country parks have easy woodland loops.
Yes. Lunan Bay and Montrose have big beaches, the Caledonian Railway runs steam trains from Brechin, and the grounds of Glamis Castle and the Signal Tower Museum in Arbroath make easy days out.
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More of Angus.
See and doAn abbey, a great castle and Pictish stones
Eat, drink and shopSmokies, farm cafés and harbour kitchens
History and storiesFrom Pictish stones to the Declaration of Arbroath
ItinerariesFrom the mountains to the sea, stop by stop
What is on in AngusSomething new from the region every day