Editing Arbroath (section)

==== Former attractions ====
[[File:Harbour Visitor Centre - geograph.org.uk - 523689.jpg|thumb|Harbour Visitor Centre]]
A summer event known as the Seafront Spectacular took place in the 2000s. The program for 2006 included flying displays, a sea rescue demonstration, exhibition of motor vehicles and fairground rides.<ref name="DCT1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.thecourier.co.uk/output/2006/07/17/newsstory8552763t0.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930153726/http://www.thecourier.co.uk/output/2006/07/17/newsstory8552763t0.asp |url-status=dead|archive-date=30 September 2007 |title=Thrills galore at Seafront Spectacular |access-date=10 January 2007 |date=17 July 2006 |work=Dundee Courier & Advertiser |publisher=DC Thomson}}</ref> The Sea Fest, an event themed around Arbroath's maritime heritage, was held annually for 21 years until 2017.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Strachan |first=Graeme |date=18 November 2017 |title=Arbroath's Sea Fest ends after 21 years |pages=1 |work=The Courier & Advertiser (Angus and Mearns edition) |url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-courier-advertiser-angus-and-the-mearns-edition/20171118/page/1 |url-access=subscription |access-date=29 January 2023 |via=[[PressReader]]}}</ref> [[Kerr's Miniature Railway]] was the oldest miniature railway in Scotland at the time of its closure in October 2020. It opened in 1935 and at its height, in 1955, drew 60,000 visitors; however numbers had fallen to just 3,500 in 2019.<ref name="kerr">{{Cite web |url=http://www.geocities.com/kmr_scotland/ |title=Kerr's Miniature Railway |access-date=12 January 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091018221507/http://geocities.com/kmr_scotland/ |archive-date=18 October 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Millar |first1=Maggie |date=12 October 2020 |title=End of the line: Hundreds bid farewell to Arbroath's beloved miniature railway |url=https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/end-of-an-era-crowds-bid-farewell-to-arbroaths-miniature-railway/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303110943/https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/end-of-an-era-crowds-bid-farewell-to-arbroaths-miniature-railway/ |archive-date=3 March 2021 |access-date=2 February 2021 |website=Evening Telegraph}}</ref> The Harbour Visitor Centre on Fishmarket Quay was completed in 2007. It was the focus of Angus Council's attempt to increase the number of tourists to the harbour. The centre originally housed a multimedia experience explaining the town's fishing history and a [[VisitScotland]] tourist information centre;<ref name="AngusAhead page">{{Cite web |url=http://www.angusahead.com/BusinessAngus/AngusProperty.com/HarbourVisitorCentreArbroath.asp |title=Harbour Visitor Center, Arbroath |access-date=4 February 2013 |publisher=AngusAhead |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120624215959/http://www.angusahead.com/BusinessAngus/AngusProperty.com/HarbourVisitorCentreArbroath.asp |archive-date=24 June 2012}}</ref> both have closed and the space vacated let for commercial use.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Milne |first=Scott |date=14 December 2017 |title=Councillor declares closing Arbroath's tourist information centre could be a historic mistake |website=The Courier |url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/angus-mearns/563687/councillor-declares-closing-arbroaths-tourist-information-centre-historic-mistake |url-access=limited |access-date=29 January 2023}}</ref>