One building, three names.
An old coaching house on the Annan Road at the Crossways roundabout. It has been the Crossways Inn and The Gretna Inn, and since 2026 it's The Border Tavern.
Crossways, Gretna Inn, Border Tavern.
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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.
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The Gretna Inn
For years it traded as The Gretna Inn, the name many drivers and outlet shoppers still know it by.
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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.
The town around us.
Gretna was built during the First World War to house the workers at HM Factory Gretna, Britain's largest cordite factory. The Devil's Porridge Museum at Eastriggs tells that story.
Closer to home, the Famous Blacksmiths Shop at Gretna Green is five minutes away, the outlet village is across the roundabout, and the Solway Firth is a five-minute walk.