Spar
Spar is a convenience store in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland. Spar is situated nearby to the tourism office Guest Information Hub, as well as near Gretna Police Station.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gretna Green railway station and Raydale Park.
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 2,700 feet northwest of Spar.
Raydale Park
Sports venue
Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Raydale Park is a football stadium in Gretna, Scotland. It is home to Lowland League side Gretna 2008 and now has a capacity of 1,030. Raydale formerly served as the home ground of Gretna until the club resigned from the Scottish Football League in 2008. Raydale Park is situated 3,000 feet west of Spar.
Lochmaben Stone
Ruins
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Lochmaben Stone is a megalith on the shore of the Solway Firth in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It lies by the mouth of the Kirtle Water, near the town of Gretna. Lochmaben Stone is situated 1 mile southwest of Spar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gretna and Metal Bridge.
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 2½ miles southeast of Spar.
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 3½ miles east of Spar.
Spar
- Type: Convenience store
- Categories: building, shop, and food
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.99509° or 54° 59′ 42″ northLongitude
-3.05838° or 3° 3′ 30″ westBrand
SparOpen location code
9C6RXWWR+2JOpenStreetMap ID
way 1305215928OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
shop=convenience
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