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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 .

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Time in Galashiels is now 04:20 PM (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

8:24 min by shitefromaheight
Views: 23781 Rating: 4.58

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

2:12 min by AMTVMotorsport
Views: 2125 Rating: 5.00

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.

6:21 min by DestMgt
Views: 1647 Rating: 5.00

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

7:48 min by MrMikesTravels
Views: 1338 Rating: 4.50

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.

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Located at 55.62 -2.81 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: Beeching closures in Scotland, Former North British Railway stations, Proposed railway stations in Scotland, Proposed railway stations scheduled to open in 2014, Railway stations closed in 1969, Railway stations in the Scottish Borders, Railway stations opened in 1849

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.

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Located at 55.62 -2.78 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Rivers of Scotland

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.

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Located at 55.61 -2.78 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Category B listed buildings in Scotland, Football venues in Scotland, Gala Fairydean F.C., Listed buildings in the Scottish Borders, Listed sports venues in Scotland, Rugby World Cup stadiums, Rugby union stadiums in Scotland, Sports venues in the Scottish Borders

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}}

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Located at 55.60 -2.78 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: 1824 establishments in Scotland, Category A listed buildings in Scotland, Country houses in Scotland, Gardens in the Scottish Borders, Historic house museums in the Scottish Borders, Houses completed in 1824, Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes, Listed buildings in the Scottish Borders, Listed houses in Scotland, Literary museums in Scotland, Scottish baronial architecture, Walter Scott

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.

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Located at 55.60 -2.77 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Villages in the Scottish Borders

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