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General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.065,Lat: 54.9944
Elevation	4 meter above sea level
Local time	12:11:51pm
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Dumfries and Galloway
Name	Annandale East and Eskdale

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gretna Green	1.1 km	North
2 Springfield	1.5 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Rigg	2.8 km	West
4 Hollee	5.6 km	NorthWest
5 Kirkpatrick-Fleming	6.1 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	116 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	131 km	SouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	189 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Gretna lies at the Irish Sea (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Solway Tweed. The nearest bigger lake is Bassenthwaite Lake (5.1 km² at a distance of 37 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 0.5 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 0.7 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 35%, low location: 65%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 108 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.4 km2

4.3%

Nature

0.6 km2

0.8%

Wet nature

21.6 km2

27.5%

Agriculture

47.4 km2

60.3%

Urban area

4.9 km2

6.2%

Infrastructure

0.8 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gretna in country Scotland

Gretna at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Frontiers of the Roman Empire	Germany,United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	30 km	East
2 The English Lake District	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	58 km	SouthSouthWest
3 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	87 km	NorthNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Gretna
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gretna

Type of weather in Gretna	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.75 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	64 %
Daylength at 21 May 2024:	16 hour and 29 minutes
Sunrise :	05:54 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:23 Europe/Amsterdam