Graitney Sports Field

Graitney Sports Field is a recreation area in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland. Graitney Sports Field is situated near Gretna Fire Station, as well as near St Andrew’s Church.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Raydale Park and Gretna Green railway station.

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 1,800 feet west of Graitney Sports Field.

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 3,000 feet north of Graitney Sports Field.

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 Graitney Sports Field.

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 Graitney Sports Field.

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 4 miles east of Graitney Sports Field.

Graitney Sports Field

Type: Recreation area
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.99277° or 54° 59′ 34″ north

Longitude

-3.06411° or 3° 3′ 51″ west

Open location code

9C6RXWVP+49

OpenStreetMap ID

way 96153521

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=recreation_ground

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Gretna Fire Station and St Andrew’s Church.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Nando’s and Gretna Munition Girls Memorial.

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