The Border Tavern Inn · Kitchen · Sports Bar Call 01461 337465
Gretna · Opposite the Gateway Outlet Village

A proper coaching inn on the Border.

Formerly The Gretna Inn. Five rooms, two bars and a kitchen at the Crossways roundabout in Gretna, five minutes from Gretna Green and just off junction 22 of the A74(M).

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Five rooms above the bar.

Two doubles, a twin, a single and a family room, all en suite with Sky TV, and a staircase away from a drink and a hot meal. Dogs are welcome. Outlet shoppers, drivers breaking a long run on the motorway and wedding parties for Gretna Green all stay with us.

All the rooms
The family room: a double bed and a single bed, towels folded on each Steak pie with a puff pastry lid, new potatoes, peas and carrots

  • Double

    One double bed. Two of these.

    £75 a night, full breakfast included

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  • Twin

    Two single beds.

    £75 a night

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  • Single

    One single bed.

    £60 a night

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  • Family

    A double bed and a single bed.

    £105 a night, full Scottish breakfast included

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Hand battered haddock with chips, salad and a wedge of lemon
The kitchen

Eat here tonight.

Pub food cooked here, served in the dining room and through in the sports bar. Park up, eat, and the outlet village is across the road.

Monday to Thursday
12 noon to 2.30pm
Friday to Sunday
12 noon to 8pm
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The sports bar.

Four big screens for the racing and the football, a pool table, darts, music, and food served at the bar.

  • Live sport on four big screens

    Racing, football and the rest.

  • Pool table

    Rack up between rounds.

  • Darts

    Board and oche in the bar.

  • Music

    A good sound system for when the sport is off.

  • Food at the bar

    The kitchen serves through here too.

Crossways, Gretna Inn, Border Tavern.

The same building on the Annan Road has gone by three names.

  1. 01

    The Crossways Inn

    Named for the Crossways roundabout it stands on, where the Annan Road meets the way to the motorway and the outlet village.

  2. 02

    The Gretna Inn

    For years it traded as The Gretna Inn, the name many drivers and outlet shoppers still know it by.

  3. 03

    The Border Tavern, 2026

    In 2026 it became The Border Tavern, run by Iain Broughton with a new brewery behind it. The two bars, the five rooms and the kitchen are as they were.

Our story
The lounge bar: cream panelled counter with a brass rail, lamps and tankards hung above
Gretna Green weddings

Staying for a wedding at Gretna Green?

We're five minutes from the Famous Blacksmiths Shop, with five rooms for the wedding party and a bar to carry on in afterwards. Ring us and we'll hold rooms together.

Rooms for wedding guests

Find us

The Border Tavern
121 Annan Road, Gretna
DG16 5DN, Scotland
From the A74(M)
Leave at junction 22 for Gretna and the outlet village. We're across the Crossways roundabout from the Gateway.
From Carlisle
Around 15 minutes north on the M6, which becomes the A74(M) at the border.
From the outlet village
About 50 yards, directly opposite across the roundabout.
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