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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.
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Gretna Green railway station, a railway station in Gretna Green, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland; Gretna railway station (Border Union Railway), a former station; Gretna railway station (Caledonian Railway), a former station
Gretna Green services is a motorway service station near the village of Gretna Green, Scotland and the town of Gretna. The service station is located next to the A74(M) motorway between junctions 21 and 22 and can be accessed by both northbound and southbound traffic. It is owned by Welcome Break.
Douglastown was originally known as Gretna Green and was founded in 1812 by two Scottish immigrants, Alexander Rankin and James Gilmour. The name changed after the Great Miramichi Fire of 1825 to honour Sir Howard Douglas (1776-1861), then the Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick.
The motorway is usually referred to as the M74, as it is one continuous route and has a continuous junction numbering system, but south of Abington it is the A74(M), as noted on each sign, save for one erroneous "M74" sign at Gretna Green services. One reason for this was an intended future-proofing measure.
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