Westgillsyke

Westgillsyke is a farm in Kirkandrews, Cumberland, England. Westgillsyke is situated near the forest Goldieslea Wood, as well as near Cowgarth Flow.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: 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 miles southwest of Westgillsyke.

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 2½ miles southwest of Westgillsyke.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gretna and Timpanheck.

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.

Timpanheck

Hamlet

Timpanheck is a village in Annandale, Scottish Borders. Timpanheck is situated 2½ miles north of Westgillsyke.

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 3 miles east of Westgillsyke.

Westgillsyke

Type: Farm
Category: agriculture
Location: Kirkandrews, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.02331° or 55° 1′ 24″ north

Longitude

-3.03927° or 3° 2′ 21″ west

Open location code

9C7R2XF6+87

OpenStreetMap ID

way 990857489

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=farmyard

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Highlights: Goldieslea Wood and Cowgarth Flow.

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