Mount Skep

Mount Skep is a peak in Scottish Borders, Scotland and has an elevation of 994 feet. Mount Skep is situated nearby to the hamlet The Rink, as well as near Sunderland Hall.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Old Gala House and Galashiels railway station.

Old Gala House

Museum

Photo: Iain Lees, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Old Gala House is a museum and conference centre situated in the Old Town area of Galashiels in the Scottish Borders. The building was originally built as a tower house in 1457 by the Hoppringill family, who had been granted the lands of Gala by the Earl of Douglas.

Galashiels railway station

Railway station

Photo: Daniel, CC BY 2.0.

Galashiels is a railway station on the Borders Railway, which runs between Edinburgh Waverley and Tweedbank. The station, situated 33 miles 22 chains south-east of Edinburgh Waverley, serves the town of Galashiels in Scottish Borders, Scotland.

Pavilion Cinema

Movie theater

Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Pavilion Cinema is a movie theater.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Boleside and Lindean.

Boleside

Hamlet

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Boleside is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the B7060, south of Galashiels. It is very close to the place where the Ettrick Water joins the River Tweed.

Lindean

Village

Lindean is a village north of Selkirk and the Ettrick Water, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. In 1590 the parishioners of Lindean had permission to rebuild their church on the north side of the Tweed, at the west end of Boleside, nearer to their houses, and a coble boat was to be provided to ferry the dead over the Tweed if required.