Greatna Green
Greatna Green
Gretna Green stations (closed and open), 1997. View westward, towards Dumfries etc.: ex-G&SWR Carlisle - Dumfries - Glasgow main line. The original station, in the immediate foreground, was closed 6/12/65 and soon after the main line was singled to Annan. However, on 20/9/93 a new station was built a short distance to the west - with a single platform as seen, but when the line was doubled again in 2008 another platform was provided on the Down side. Over to the left is the A75 road to Dumfries and Stranraer.
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The First House in Scotland is also the Last House as well. Located  in Dumfries and Galloway in the South of Scotland became famous for runaway weddings. Young couples would come here to elope where their parents wouldn't object to their unions. A plaque on the outside of the building state that over 10000 weddings have taken place in the  Marriage Room. Est 1830.
Gretna Green is one of the world's most popular wedding destinations, hosting over 5000 weddings each year, and one of every six Scottish weddings.  

Gretna's famous "runaway marriages" began in 1753 when Lord Hardwicke's Marriage Act was passed in England; it stated that if both parties to a marriage were not at least 21 years old, then parents had to consent to the marriage.

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