Gretna (Scottish Gaelic: Greatna) is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Because they are near the Anglo-Scottish border, nearby Gretna Green and, to a lesser extent, Gretna, are historically linked to weddings because of the more liberal marriage laws in Scotland. "Gretna" has become a term for a place for quick, easy marriages.
Population: 2,692
Latitude: 54° 59' 37.68" N
Longitude: -3° 03' 57.38" W
Comlongon Castle is a tower house dating from the 15th century. It is located 1 km west of the village of Clarencefield, 10 km south-east of Dumfries, in south west Scotland. The original tower was extended by the addition of a 19th-century baronial…
Coggabata, or Congavata / Concavata, (with the modern name of Drumburgh) was a Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall, between Aballava (Burgh by Sands) to the east and Mais (Bowness on Solway) to the west. It was built on a hill commanding views over the fla…
Closeburn (Scottish Gaelic: Cill Osbairn) is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The village is on the A76 road 2 1⁄2 miles (4 km) south of Thornhill. In the 2001 census, Closeburn had a population of 1,119. Closeburn is r…
Castle Carrock is a village and civil parish on the B6413 road, in the City of Carlisle District, in the English county of Cumbria about 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Brampton. It has a pub (The Duke of Cumberland), a primary school and many walks. Cast…
Carlisle London Road railway station was the first to open in Carlisle, Cumbria, England.
Blenkinsop Hall (grid reference NY68186412) is a privately owned castellated 19th-century country house situated on the banks of the Tipalt Burn near Greenhead, Northumberland.
Alston railway station once served the town of Alston, Cumbria, England.
Ainstable is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Cumbria.
Aikton is a small village in the north of the English county of Cumbria. There is a pub, phonebox and postbox; but no shops.
Abbey Town railway station was a railway station on the branch line off the Solway Junction Railway in the English county of Cumberland (later Cumbria). The first station after Abbey Junction on the branch to Silloth on the Solway Firth, it served t…
Scaleby is a small parish in the English county of Cumbria. It is bounded on the north by Kirklinton and Irthington; whilst bounded by Stanwix and Crosby-upon-Eden. Scaleby is located six miles north-east of the City of Carlisle, the nearest major c…
Waverton is a linear village and civil parish in Cumbria, northwest England. Waverton lies on the main A596 road east of a bridge over the River Waver, 2.2 miles south west from Wigton and 14.2 miles from the nearest city, Carlisle. The river is the…
The Water of Ae is a tributary of the River Annan which it flows into west of Lockerbie in Dumfries and Galloway, South West Scotland.
Warwick Bridge is a village in the City of Carlisle District of the county of Cumbria, England.
WWT Caerlaverock is wetland nature reserve in southwest Scotland, one of nine reserves in Britain operated by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust founded by Sir Peter Scott.
Unthank Hall is a Grade II listed property now serving as commercial offices, situated on the southern bank of the River South Tyne east of Plenmeller, near Haltwhistle, Northumberland.
Thurstonfield Lough ("lough" pronounced as "loff") is the largest, species-rich area of open water in the lowlands of north and east Cumbria, England. Within this area it supports some of the best examples of a range of vegetation types: from the su…
Throssel Hole Buddhist Abbey is a Buddhist monastery and retreat centre located in Northumberland, in northern England. It follows the Serene Reflection Meditation Tradition, similar to the Sōtō Zen sect in Japan.