Eastriggs
Place in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
| Coordinates: | 54.987, -3.177 |
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| OS grid ref: | NY 24 66 |
| Population: | 1,850 |
| Dialling code: | 01461 (Gretna) |
Eastriggs is a small village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, set close to the English border and the tidal flats of the Solway Firth. It sits amid agricultural countryside with the market town of Annan and historic Gretna nearby and has good road links via the A75 towards regional centres.
The village was largely built during the First World War to house workers at HM Factory Gretna, once one of the largest munitions complexes in the UK, and that industrial past still shapes its character; the Devil's Porridge Museum preserves this story and draws visitors. Today Eastriggs is a modest residential community with local amenities, a strong sense of wartime heritage and a quiet, rural social life.
Postcode districts covering Eastriggs
Most populated places nearby
Neighbouring places
- Annan Place 3 miles
- Bowness Parish 4.3 miles
- Gretna Place 4.5 miles
- Eaglesfield Place 4.9 miles
- Ecclefechan Place 6 miles
- Blackbank Built-up area 6.3 miles
- Burgh-by-Sands Built-up area 6.5 miles
- Kirkbride Built-up area 6.7 miles
- Annandale South Ward 6.8 miles
- Kirkbampton Parish 7.1 miles
- Aikton Parish 7.8 miles
- Solway Coast Ward 7.8 miles
Example postcodes in Eastriggs
DG12 6PA, DG12 6NX, DG12 6UA, DG12 6TD, DG12 6NN, DG12 6UD, DG12 6PH, DG12 6PW, DG12 6NS … See all
Transport links
- Newcastle International Airport 59 miles
- Glasgow Prestwick Airport 66.2 miles
- Annan Railway Station 3.4 miles
- Gretna Green Railway Station 4.5 miles
Hotels near Eastriggs Ad
- The Mill Forge 3 3.2 miles
- Powfoot Hotel 3 6.2 miles
- Gretna Hall Hotel 4 4.6 miles
- Corner House Hotel 3 3.4 miles
- Hunters Lodge Hotel 3 4.5 miles
- Days Inn by Wyndham Gretna Green M74 3 4 miles
- The Gretna Chase Hotel 3 5 miles
- Solway Lodge Hotel 3 4.6 miles
- Hope and Anchor Port Carlisle 4 2.7 miles
- Kirkconnel Hall Hotel 2 6.8 miles
Schools in Eastriggs
- Eastriggs School Primary
Local points of interest
- Galabank Stadium 3.4 miles
- Mount Annan Estate 3.7 miles
- Birrens Archaeological site 5.9 miles
- Hoddam Castle Estate 6.4 miles
- Kinmount House Estate 6.9 miles
- Tundergarth Estate 8.6 miles
- Holm Cultram (Cistercian abbey : Cumberland, England) Historic site 10.7 miles
- Brunton Park Stadium 12.2 miles
- Rock Hall Estate 12.9 miles
- Carlisle Racecourse Recreation 13 miles
- Jardine Hall Estate 15.6 miles
- Powillimount Beach Beach 17.1 miles