Gretna Green
Gretna Green is one of the world's most popular wedding destinations, hosting over 5000 weddings each year or one of every six Scottish weddings.
For more information about Gretna Green visit www.gretnagreen.com

Gretna Gateway, Outlet Village - Located right on the border between England and Scotland, Gretna Gateway is the ideal place to stop on your journey.

There is a tourist information office on site so it’s easy to find out about the abundance of things to see and do in the local area and throughout Scotland.

Find out more: www.gretnagateway.com

Carlisle Castle
Carlisle Castle is a great medieval fortress that has watched over the City of Carlisle for over nine centuries. Visitors can explore fascinating and ancient chambers, stairways and dungeons and find the legendary 'licking stones'.

For more information visit: www.visitcumbria.com.

Hadrian's Wall
Hadrian's Wall was built in AD122 by order of the Emperor Hadrian. The Wall is 73 miles and spans England's peninsula between Wallsend, near Newcastle upon Tyne in the east, and Bowness-on-Solway on the west coast.

Hadrian's Wall was once 15 feet high and up to 10 feet thick. Today, the surviving masonry of the Wall is only a small part of the visible archaeology.

For more information visit: www.hadrians-wall.org

Birdoswald Roman Fort
Birdoswald Roman Fort is one of the best preserved of the 16 forts along Hadrian's Wall. The fort is situated in a commanding position on a triangular spur of land bounded by cliffs to the south and east overlooking a broad meander of the River Irthing in Cumbria. In Roman times,

More information can be found at: www.visitcumbria.com

Vindolanda
Vindolanda was a Roman auxiliary fort located at Chesterholm, just south of Hadrian's Wall in northern England, near the modern border with Scotland; it guarded the Stanegate, the Roman road from the River Tyne to the Solway Firth. It is noted for the Vindolanda tablets, among the most important finds of military and private correspondence (written on wooden tablets) found anywhere in the Roman Empire.

For more information visit: www.vindolanda.com

Kielder Water and Forest Park
Is a great place to visit, whether you are looking for peace and tranquility or adrenalin pumping activities.

Places to visit include: Tower Knowe Visitor Centre, Leaplish Waterside Park, Kielder Castle and Visitor Centre, Calvert Trust Kielder, Kielder Observatory, Kielder Salmon Centre and Kielder Water Birds of Prey Centre.

Kielder activities include: walking, cycling, mountain biking, water activities, adventure activities, horse riding, star gazing, wildlife & nature and art & architecture

The Sands Centre - Carlisle
The Sands Centre is Cumbria and South West Scotland’s premier venue for sport and entertainment. The centre plays host to international orchestras, theatre companies, opera and ballet groups, international recording artists and comedians, past and present.

The centre provides a diverse range of sports, recreation and health & fitness activities as well as the LifeStyle Centre, a state of the art fitness facility. Customers range from two to ninety two and there is usually an activity for everyone.

To find out more visit www.thesandscentre.co.uk.