Galashiels
Galashiels is a Scottish burgh in Selkirkshire on the Gala Water river. It acts as a key commercial hub for the Borders region. Although it has an oceanic climate, its high position and distance from the sea means that it has cooler winters and slightly warmer summers than the majority of coastal areas, and snow in winter is more frequent. According to the 2011 census, the town has a permanent population of around 14994. In 2015, the Scottish Borders Council certified Galashiels as the capital of the Scottish Borders. Its population increased swiftly as a result of the fabric trade with multiple mills. A connection with the town's mill background, the Mill Lade, continues to connect the town from near the site of mills at Wheatlands Road, to Netherdale, through Wilderhaugh, Bank Street, the Fountain and beside the retail development street. The town is particularly well-known for textile making, and it is also the site of Heriot-Watt University's School of Textiles and Design, Galashiels Academy and one campus of the Borders College, which since 2009 has moved and now joins with the University. A well known landmark in Galashiels is the Glasite church, which remains in danger of being lost, yet it remains to be standing in between the mills and shop buildings on High Street, Botany Lane and Roxburgh Street. It is home to Gala RFC and Gala Fairydean Rovers, with the football and rugby stadiums attached to each other at one end. The football club's main stand was built in 1963 to designs by Peter Womersley, based in adjacent Gattonside, with the cantilevered concrete structure, in the Brutalist style, being safeguarded as a Category A listed structure. For all of your home upgrades, make sure to make use of dependable professionals in Galashiels to make certain of quality.
