Gretna Green, Scotland

E282540

historic place tourist destination village

Gretna Green, Scotland is a historic village near the English border famed as a romantic elopement destination where couples could marry quickly under Scottish law.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Gretna Green	5
Gretna Green, Scotland canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic place ⓘ tourist destination ⓘ village ⓘ
administrativeArea	Dumfries and Galloway council area ⓘ
appliesLaw	Scottish marriage law ⓘ
contrastedWith	English marriage law ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ
culturalAssociation	elopement traditions ⓘ romantic folklore ⓘ
distanceFrom	approximately 10 miles from Carlisle ⓘ
famousSince	18th century ⓘ
gainedReputationAfter	Marriage Act 1753 ⓘ
hasAttraction	historic blacksmith forge ⓘ wedding chapels ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	hospitality sector ⓘ retail related to weddings ⓘ
hasIndustry	tourism ⓘ wedding industry ⓘ
hasLandmark	Famous Blacksmiths Shop ⓘ Gretna Green Blacksmiths Shop ⓘ Gretna Hall ⓘ
hasPostcodeArea	DG ⓘ
hasPostTown	Gretna ⓘ
historicCounty	Dumfriesshire ⓘ
knownFor	irregular marriages ⓘ romantic elopements ⓘ runaway marriages ⓘ wedding tourism ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalSignificance	destination for cross-border marriages ⓘ
locatedIn	Dumfries and Galloway ⓘ
locatedNear	English border ⓘ Gretna ⓘ
marriageAgeRequirementHistorically	16 without parental consent ⓘ
marriageLawChangeAffected	Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 ⓘ Marriage (Scotland) Act 1939 ⓘ
nearRiver	River Esk ⓘ
partOf	United Kingdom ⓘ
railwayStation	Gretna Green railway station ⓘ
region	southwest Scotland ⓘ surface form: Southwest Scotland
roadAccess	A74(M) motorway ⓘ
sovereignState	United Kingdom ⓘ
timeZone	UTC+0 ⓘ
timeZoneDST	UTC+1 ⓘ
touristType	heritage tourism ⓘ romance tourism ⓘ
traditionalMarriageOfficiant	blacksmith ⓘ