Solway Moss
Solway Moss, also known as Solway Flow, is a moss, in the Cumberland district in Cumbria, England near the Scottish border and less than 1 mile west of Longtown at grid reference NY345690.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Area
- Description: peat bog in Cumbria, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Solway” and “Solway Flow”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gretna Green railway station and Graham Arms Hotel.
Gretna Green railway station
Railway station
Photo: Stephen Armstrong, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gretna Green is a railway station on the Glasgow South Western Line, which runs between Carlisle and Glasgow Central via Kilmarnock. The station, situated 9 miles 58 chains north-west of Carlisle, serves the town of Gretna and village of Gretna Green in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Gretna Green railway station is situated 2½ miles southwest of Solway Moss.
Graham Arms Hotel
Hotel
Photo: The Carlisle Kid, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Graham Arms Hotel is situated 2 miles east of Solway Moss.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Longtown and Gretna.
Longtown
Town
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Longtown is a market town in Cumbria, but in the historic county of Cumberland, England, just south of the Scottish Border. It has a sheep market which was at the centre of the 2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth crisis. Longtown is situated 2 miles east of Solway Moss.
Gretna
Photo: Amanda Slater, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gretna, together with Gretna Green, is a border town in Dumfries and Galloway in southwest Scotland, with a population of 3400 in 2022; the name refers to grit or gravel.
Metal Bridge
Hamlet
Photo: Adrian Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Metal Bridge is a small settlement in Cumbria, England between Carlisle and Gretna, formerly on the main A74 road. The settlement consists of a few properties clustered around a public house of the same name, on the south bank of the River Esk, in a corner of Rockcliffe parish. Metal Bridge is situated 3 miles south of Solway Moss.
Solway Moss
- Category: bog
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Japanese—“Solway Moss” goes by many names.
- French: “Solway Moss”
- Japanese: “ソルウェイ・モス”
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