Montrose, United Kingdom Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

"Here's the Basin, there's Montrose, shut your een and haud your nose." As the old rhyme indicates, MONTROSE , a seaport and market town since the thirteenth century, can sometimes smell a little rich, mostly because of its position on the edge of a virtually landlocked two-mile-square lagoon of mud known as the Basin. On the south side of the Basin, a mile out of Montrose along the A92, the Montrose Basin Wildlife Centre (redevelopment is planned during 2002; call 01674/676336 to confirm opening times and admission charges; previously daily 10.30am–5pm, Nov–March closes 4pm) … more »