Glamis is set in the broad and fertile lowland valley of Strathmore, near Forfar, county town of Angus, which lies between the Sidlaw Hills to the south and the Grampian Mountains to the north, approximately inland from the North Sea.

Forfar (, ) is a parish, town and former royal burgh of about 13, 500 people in Angus, Scotland.

Forfar is also a traditional market town, serving the outlying lowland farms of Strathmore in central Angus.

The Scottish meat pastry snack Bridie is from Forfar.

It is home of the Forfar story.

There is also a good selection of Pictish stones found in and around Forfar and Kirriemuir.

After the Meffan Institute had been renovated it was brought to Forfar on a long term loan where it is displayed alongside the Kirriemuir Sculptured Stones.

There is also a canoe, excavated from Forfar Loch, that dates back to the 11th century ( one of two that were found ).

Forfar is represented within Angus Council by the Forfar & District ward, from which four councillors are elected.

Youth and Women's Football is also available in the town, with Forfar Boys F. C ( boys only ), Lochside Boys F. C ( boys only ) and Forfar Farmington F. C ( boys, girls and women's ) All the clubs have SFA Quality Mark Award at some level.

Rugby Union is represented in the town by Strathmore Rugby Football Club, who play their home games at Inchmacoble Park, beside Forfar Loch.

Forfar Loch is home to Forfar Sailing Club

There are also many bowling clubs, and the Forfar Golf Club which is situated at Cunninghill to the east of the town.

The steeple is a focal point of Forfar, visible when entering the town from any direction.

The town is home to the renowned Forfar bridie, popular with locals and visitors.

Another feature of the town is the Forfar Loch Country Park, which is popular amongst locals as a walking venue.

It is said that the Forfar Loch extended over much more of Forfar in the 1800s, going as far up as Orchardbank and Wellbrae.

Forfar is also home to the Strathmore Mineral Water Co., Ltd., a bottled mineral water producer now run by AG Barr.

Forfar is also known the " coo o Forfar ".

* Forfar, the county town and administrative centre

Further petitions organised by him were presented on 1 May 1838 ( from Dunbar and Cupar ), 14 May 1838 ( from the county of Forfar ) and 12 June 1839.

: Other titles ( 3rd Duke onwards ): Earl of Southesk ( Sc 1633 ), Earl of Macduff ( UK 1900 ), Lord Carnegie of Kinnaird ( Sc 1616 ), Lord Carnegie of Kinnaird and Leuchars ( Sc 1633 ) and 4th Baron Balinhard, of Farnell in the county of Forfar ( UK 1869 )

And as he perceived that the profession he was to follow, could not permit him to manage properly his paternal estate, situated in a remote place near Arbroath-in the county of Forfar in Scotland, he thought proper to sell it, and settle all family claims upon him, that he might be at full liberty to pursue his studies.

Prior to the 1975 order the lieutenancy area was the county of Angus, which was officially the county of Forfar until 1928.

The Representation of the People Act 1918 defined the constituency as consisting of the county of Forfar, except the county of the city of Dundee and the burghs of Montrose, Arbroath, Brechin, and Forfar.

Perth Burghs consisted of the burgh of Perth and burghs in the county of Fife and the county of Forfar.

The town has a second division football club, Forfar Athletic, who play at Station Park, as well as two junior clubs, Forfar West End and Forfar Albion.

The town holds many events throughout the year such as the bi-annual Forfar Mara-Fun, which raises money for charity, and the annual Forfar Food Festival highlighting some of the local food.

This makes it the third largest town in Angus, after Arbroath ( 22, 785 ) and Forfar ( 13, 206 ), with Carnoustie in fourth place ( 10, 561 ).

Kirriemuir was the home town of Bon Scott from AC / DC from his birth in nearby Forfar in 1946 until his family emigrated to Australia in 1952.

The name Forfar comes from The Royal Burgh of Forfar, a Scottish town near the childhood home of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.

In 2007, the former Wm Low store in Forfar closed, with Tesco moving to a new site at the northern end of the town centre.

The place of his imprisonment was said to be Rescobie, by Forfar, in Angus.

Like other parts of Angus, Forfar was home to a very successful textile industry during and after the Industrial Revolution.

* Forfar Academy in Taylor Street, which has a roll of around 1, 200 pupils making it one of the largest schools in Angus.

Roughly two thirds of non-recyclable material is sent to landfill at Angus Council's site at Lochhead, Forfar and the remainder sent for incineration ( with energy recovery ) outside the council area.

* Local Community Website for Forfar, Angus

The Fullarton's of Angus had been required by Robert I to supply him with wild-fowl at his castle of Forfar.

The family seat is Auchnacree House, near Forfar, Angus.

Bothwell thus reverted to the Douglases, and descended through the Earls of Angus to the Earls of Forfar.

* Dunnichen Stone, a class I stone found at Dunnichen, Angus, now on display at the Meffan Institute in Forfar.

Strathtay is the largest operator in Angus and operates urban, rural and interurban services in and around Dundee, Arbroath, Blairgowrie, Forfar and Montrose.

David Don was born on 21 December 1799 at Doo Hillock, Forfar, Angus, Scotland.

Glamis () is a small village in Angus, Scotland, located four miles south of Kirriemuir and five miles southwest of Forfar.

The following museums have important collections of Pictish stones: Meigle ( Perthshire ), St Vigeans ( Angus ) and St Andrew's Cathedral ( Fife ) ( all Historic Scotland ), the Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh ( which also exhibits almost all the major pieces of surviving Pictish metalwork ), the Meffan Institute, Forfar ( Angus ), Inverness Museum, Groam House Museum, Rosemarkie and Tarbat Discovery Centre, Portmahomack ( both Easter Ross ) and Tankerness House Museum, Kirkwall, Orkney.

In 1950, Montrose, Brechin and Inverbervie were merged into North Angus and Mearns, and Arbroath and Forfar were merged into South Angus.