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Gretna Parish Cemetery

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Wigeon, Black-tailed Godwit, Goldeneye +42 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Wigeon, Black-tailed Godwit, Goldeneye +42 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Hawthorn Shieldbug · last seen 2025; Insects — Hawthorn Shieldbug · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Moderate match

Cemetery — local history and memorials

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

King Charles III England Coast Path: Gretna to AllonbyWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

27 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Reivers' RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 10National Cycle Network

Route 7Cycling route

Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route3 km

Named routeRef 7Length 3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route202 m

Named routeRef 7Length 202 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route20 m

Named routeRef 7Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route17 m

Named routeRef 7Length 17 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

2,779 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,779 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds45 species

springautumn

2026

Wigeon · Black-tailed Godwit · Goldeneye · House Sparrow · Carrion Crow +40

WigeonMareca penelope
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Great TitParus major2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Grey Seal

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus

🐝

Insects1 species

autumn

2025

Hawthorn Shieldbug

Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,779 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds45 species

springautumn

2026

Wigeon · Black-tailed Godwit · Goldeneye · House Sparrow · Carrion Crow +40

WigeonMareca penelope
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Great TitParus major2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Grey Seal

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus

🐝

Insects1 species

autumn

2025

Hawthorn Shieldbug

Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Colin Pyle · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

A75 west of Gretna

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