Galashiels
Galashiels is a Scottish burgh in Selkirkshire on the Gala Water river. It functions as a major business centre for the Borders region. Although it has an oceanic climate, its raised position and distance from the sea means that it has cooler winters and slightly warmer summers than a lot of seaside spots, and snow in winter months is more common. In accordance with 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 grew dramatically as a result of the textile trade with multiple mills. A connection with the town's mill background, the Mill Lade, continues to link 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 popular for cloth making, and it is also the location 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 prominent landmark in Galashiels is the Glasite church, which remains in real danger of being lost, yet it remains to be standing 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 neighboring Gattonside, with the cantilevered concrete structure, in the Brutalist style, being preserved as a Category A listed building. For all of your house upgrades, make sure to make use of dependable experts in Galashiels to make certain of quality.