Theme Week Scottish Borders – Galashiels

24 October 2018 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  10 minutes

© geograph.org.uk - Walter Baxter/cc-by-sa-2.0

© geograph.org.uk – Walter Baxter/cc-by-sa-2.0

Galashiels is a town in the Scottish Borders and historic county of Selkirkshire, on the Gala Water river. The name is often shortened to “Gala”. The town, with a population of around 12,600, is a major commercial centre for the Borders region. The town is known for textile making, and is the location of Heriot-Watt University‘s School of Textiles and Design, Galashiels Academy and one campus of the Borders College, which as of 2009 has moved and now joins with the University. Galashiels’ population grew fast through the textile trade with several mills. A connection with the town’s mill history, the Mill Lade, still links the town from near the site of mills at Wheatlands Road, to Netherdale, via Wilderhaugh, Bank Street, the Fountain and next to the Tesco/retail development Street.   read more…

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