Gretna

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Gretna is a small Scottish town near the England–Scotland border, historically famous as a destination for runaway weddings.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Gretna canonical 15

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Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf settlement
town
country Scotland
governingCouncilArea Dumfries and Galloway Council
hasAttraction marriage venues
wedding chapels
hasCategory Border settlements in Scotland
Towns in Dumfries and Galloway
hasEconomicActivity tourism
wedding industry
hasHeritage marriage destination
hasNearbySettlement Annan
Carlisle
hasRailwayStation Gretna Green railway station
historicallyKnownFor irregular marriages
runaway weddings
language English
Scots
Scottish Gaelic
locatedIn Dumfries and Galloway
United Kingdom
locatedNear England
England–Scotland border
Gretna Green
nearEstuary Solway Firth
nearRiver River Esk
observes British Summer Time
Greenwich Mean Time
partOf Scottish Borders region
linked to: Scottish Borders
postalCountry Scotland
railwayServedBy Glasgow South Western Line
region Southwest Scotland
linked to: southwest Scotland
roadServedBy A74(M) motorway
A75 road NERFINISHED
timeZone UTC+0
UTC+1
traditionalCounty Dumfriesshire

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Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Southern Scotland hasSettlement Gretna
subject linked to: southern Scotland
Dumfries and Galloway containsTown Gretna
River Sark hasMouthNear Gretna
M74 passesNear Gretna
Gretna Green locatedNear Gretna
subject linked to: Gretna Green, Scotland
Gretna Green hasPostTown Gretna
subject linked to: Gretna Green, Scotland
Annan hasNearbySettlement Gretna
M6 motorway northernTerminus Gretna
subject linked to: M6 motorway (nearby)
Lockerbie locatedNear Gretna
subject linked to: Lockerbie, Scotland
M74 motorway passesNear Gretna
subject linked to: M74 motorway (nearby)