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Touring Galashiels in United Kingdom
Galashiels in the region of Scotland with its 14,351 citizens is located in United Kingdom - some 304 mi or ( 490 km ) North of London , the country's capital city .
Time in Galashiels is now 12:17 AM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/London " with a UTC offset of 0 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Stow, Stirling, Sheffield, Perth, and Oxton. Being here already, consider visiting Stow . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Galashiels ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Cliff Jumping Tour Of Scotland
Scotland has some of the best jumping spots in the UK so we thought we would try a few of them out. The first few were into rivers and gorges and then we moved to the coast to try some cliffs. All loc ..
Scottish Rally Championship 1986-87
A review of the seasons highlights originally screened by BBC Scotland, compiled by AMTV battles between Ken Wood, Donald Heggie, david Gillanders and Murray Grierson with cameos of Colin McRae in his ..
UK Industrial Heritage Tour - Great Dorset Steam Fair 2013.
Join Toursgallery.com on our UK & Great Dorset Steam Fair Tour in August 2013. This video was taken by Anna Osetroff on our August 2010 UK Restore Tour. The 19 day tour through England Scotland and Wa ..
British Isles - Scotland 01 - The Scottish Border, Sir Walter Scott, Abbotsford, Hadrian's Wall
Trip to the British Isles: June-July, 2009 ..
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Interesting facts about this location
Galashiels railway station
Galashiels railway station is to serve the town of Galashiels, Scottish Borders, Scotland. It is to be reopened as part of the Waverley Line, a project to run between Edinburgh and Tweedbank, a village on the outskirts of Galashiels. The original station was closed by British Rail in 1969, along with the rest of the Waverley Line.
Located at 55.62 -2.81 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Gala Water
The Gala Water is a river in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland and a tributary of the River Tweed. It is sometimes known as the "Gala", which nickname is also shared with Galashiels, which it flows through. The "Braw Lads O Gala Watter" is a song about people from Galashiels.
Located at 55.62 -2.78 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Netherdale
Netherdale, is an area of Galashiels, a town in the Scottish Borders. It is perhaps best known as being the home of Gala Rugby Club, Gala Fairydean Football Club and more recently the professional Border Reivers rugby union team. Gretna F.C. was mooted as groundsharing with the promotion to the SPL, however instead chose to play at Motherwell F.C. 's ground as it is bigger.
Located at 55.61 -2.78 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Abbotsford House
Abbotsford is a historic house in the region of the Scottish Borders in the south of Scotland, near Melrose, on the south bank of the River Tweed. It was formerly the residence of historical novelist and poet, Walter Scott. {{#invoke:Footnotes|sfn}} It is a Category A Listed Building. {{#invoke:Footnotes|sfn}}
Located at 55.60 -2.78 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tweedbank
Tweedbank is a large village south-east of Galashiels in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. Tweedbank, as the name suggests, sits adjacent to the River Tweed, and approximately 500 metres down river from Abbotsford House, the historic home of Sir Walter Scott. It is the site of the biggest industrial estate in the region and of Radio Borders HQ. It is soon to be the site of Tweedbank railway station at the end of the Waverley Line between the Central Borders and Edinburgh.
Located at 55.60 -2.77 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
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