Galashiels
Galashiels is a Scottish burgh in Selkirkshire on the Gala Water river. It acts as a major industrial hub for the Borders region. Although it has an oceanic climate, its elevated position and distance from the sea means that it has chillier winters and marginally warmer summers than a lot of seaside spots, and snow in winter months 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 rather quickly as a result of the textile trade with a number of mills. A connection with the town's mill history, 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 next to the retail development street. The town is particularly well-known for cloth making, and it is also the setting 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. A noteworthy landmark in Galashiels is the Glasite church, which remains in possible 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 the home of Gala RFC and Gala Fairydean Rovers, with the football and rugby grounds attached to each other at one end. The football club's main stand was developed in 1963 to designs by Peter Womersley, based in adjacent Gattonside, with the cantilevered concrete structure, in the Brutalist style, being preserved as a Category A listed structure. For all your home upgrades, make sure to make use of respected experts in Galashiels to make certain of quality.
