Defence Munitions Longtown
Defence Munitions Longtown is a military installation in Kirkandrews, Cumberland, England. Defence Munitions Longtown is situated nearby to the hamlet Metal Bridge, as well as near Mossband Hall Marsh.Places of Interest Nearby
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 west of Defence Munitions Longtown.
Graham Arms Hotel
Hotel
Photo: The Carlisle Kid, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Graham Arms Hotel is situated 2 miles northeast of Defence Munitions Longtown.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Metal Bridge and Longtown.
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.
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 northeast of Defence Munitions Longtown.
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.
Defence Munitions Longtown
- Type: Military installation
- Address: Longtown, CA6 5LX
- Location: Kirkandrews, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.99353° or 54° 59′ 37″ northLongitude
-3.00902° or 3° 0′ 33″ westOperator
Defence Equipment & SupportOpen location code
9C6RXXVR+C9OpenStreetMap ID
way 44885466OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryOpenStreetMap feature
military=ammunition
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