Arbroath is the largest town in the Angus Council area with a population of approximately 25,000. The town has a strong traditional industrial base in the engineering, textile and fishing industries. Arbroath is situated approximately 18 miles north east of Dundee and 48 miles south of Aberdeen on the main A92 coastal trunk road. The subjects are located in a prominent location on the west side of John Street West, between its junctions with Hume Street and Catherine Street, in a mixed industrial/ commercial location approximately half a mile west of Arbroath town centre. The subjects comprise ground floor commercial space forming part of a two storey building of stone construction under a pitched and slated roof.