Gretna Green

Gretna Green
Gretna Green Location within Dumfries and Galloway
OS grid reference	NY318680
Council area	Dumfries and Galloway
Lieutenancy area	Dumfries
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GRETNA
Postcode district	DG16
Dialling code	01461
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Scottish Parliament	Dumfriesshire
List of places UK Scotland 55°00′07″N 3°03′58″W / 55.002°N 3.066°W / 55.002; -3.066

Gretna Green is a parish in the southern council area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, close to the town of Gretna,^[1] on the Scottish side of the English-Scottish border.

It is accessed from the A74(M) motorway.^[1] Historically Gretna Green was on the Glasgow-Carlisle road, a significant early toll road between England and Scotland.

Gretna Green railway station serves both Gretna Green and Gretna.^[1] The Quintinshill rail disaster, the worst rail crash in British history, in which over 220 died, occurred near Gretna Green in 1915.

Gretna Green is most famous for its "runaway marriages".