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Jane Austen fans and readers of other historical dramas that take place in Great Britain likely have heard of Gretna Green, a Scottish village just across Scotland's border with England. The village is known for being a famous elopement site, where thousands of couples were joined in matrimony after fleeing England or Wales for various reasons.
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We are located just off Junction 22 M74 & Junction 45 M6. Find us at DG16 5EA. Set your Sat Nav or Phone. Get to us by train: Catch a train to Gretna Green station from Glasgow, Edinburgh or Manchester via Lockerbie/Carlisle. Exit the train station to Gretna Hall Hotel, and we're a short walk beyond it up the hill.
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Open 7 days per week. Monday: 9am - 5pm Tuesday: 9am - 5pm Wednesday: 9am - 5pm Thursday: 9am - 5pm Friday: 9am - 5pm Saturday: 9am - 5pm Sunday: 9am - 5pm Last entry is 30 minutes before closing time. Note: Opening times are a guide only and may change on a daily basis. Please contact the business directly.
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3 min read. Gretna Green in Dumfries and Galloway is possibly the most romantic place in Scotland, if not in the UK. This small Scottish village has become synonymous with romance and runaway lovers. In 1754 a new law, Lord Hardwicke's Marriage Act, was brought into force in England. This law required young people to be over 21 years of age.
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The home of Weddings and the wedding capital of the UK, the Famous Blacksmiths Shop, in Gretna Green, has over 260 years of history and heritage, joining couples since 1754, and is now a world-class, award-winning wedding destination, with a 5-star visitor attraction, shopping and 3 hotels. Through four generations of ownership, since 1885.
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5. Visit the Courtship Maze. The Courtship Maze is a great and fun attraction to visit during your time in Gretna Green. The idea of the maze is that two people enter the maze, each one from a different entrance and they need to find their way to the bridge located at the centre of the maze.
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4. Gretna Green, c.1950. However, true love will always find a way and that way was the road to Scotland where the marriage laws of the period still allowed young people to marry much earlier and without the need for consent. In fact, Scots Law allowed girls of 12 and boys of 14 to marry until it was raised to 16 in 1929.
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Discover Weddings in Gretna Green, Scotland. The authentic, original home of the Anvil Wedding for over 268 years, our venues are the only official Gretna Green wedding venues, and the only place you can get 'Gretna Green' on your marriage certificate. With a multi-award-winning wedding team and as a trusted family business since 1885, we are.
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At Gretna Green the ceremony was usually performed by the blacksmith, though any person might officiate, and the tollhouse, the inn, or (after 1826) Gretna Hall were the scenes of many such weddings. As many as 200 couples were married at the tollhouse in a year. In 1856 the law required one of the contracting parties to reside in Scotland for.
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Gretna Green is a small village in Dumfries & Galloway and the first village in Scotland when you cross the border from England via the A74 and M74 and the A6 and M6 motorway. Gretna Green is a great place to break a journey north or south or even stop off on your travels to enjoy a couple of hours packed with love, shopping, flavour and heritage.
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Gretna's status as the ultimate wedding destination comes from its position just north of the Scottish border. In 1754, an English law stopped couples under 21 marrying without their parents.
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Gretna Green is a parish in the southern council area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, on the Scottish side of the border between Scotland and England, defined by the small river Sark, which flows into the nearby Solway Firth.It was historically the first village a traveller would come to in Scotland when following the old coaching route from London to Edinburgh.