Kinpurnie Castle
Newtyle Hill and Keillor Hill, Angus
K
inpurnie Castle lies a short
distance to the west of the
village of Newtyle in the county
of Angus and commands the
most outstanding views over the Vale of
Strathmore. Dundee, known as the ‘City
of Discovery,’ lies some 12 miles to the
east and provides an excellent range of
shops and professional services, together
with good leisure facilities. Home to the
universities of Dundee and Abertay,
Dundee is an established centre of
excellence of education and life sciences.
The city’s renowned cultural facilities
will be further enhanced by the building
of the V & A Design Museum due to be
completed in 2018. There are a number
of private schools in the area including
Dundee High School and St Leonards
in St Andrews with further schools in
both Perthshire and Edinburgh. There
is a primary school in Newtyle whilst
secondary schools can be found in
Dundee and Monifieth.
Both Edinburgh and Aberdeen lie some 65
miles distant and can both be accessed
easily by road and by rail from Dundee.
Further the airport in Dundee provides
regular daily flights to London Stansted.
There is a wide array of outdoor pursuits
within reach of Kinpurnie Castle. Walking
can be enjoyed both on the Sidlaw Hills
and slightly further afield to the north in
the Grampian and Cairngorm mountain
ranges. Shooting and stalking may be
taken locally as well as salmon fishing on
the River Tay, North Esk and South Esk.
For the golfer there are numerous courses
within a comfortable distance including
Carnoustie, which hosted the Open Golf
Championship in both 1999 and 2007.
St Andrews, with its world famous golf
courses, lies to the south east with the
challenging 18 hole course at Piperdam
nearby. Sailing can be enjoyed on the Tay
Estuary and around the coast.