Old Town
Old Town is a quarter in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Old Town is situated nearby to the quarter Gala Park, as well as near Town Centre.Places of Interest
Highlights include Mercat Cross, Old Town, Galashiels and Old Gala House.
Mercat Cross, Old Town, Galashiels
Monument
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Mercat Cross, Old Town, Galashiels is a monument.
Old Gala House
Museum
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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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Galashiels and Boleside.
Galashiels
Photo: John Brewer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Galashiels is a town in the Scottish Borders, 33 miles south of Edinburgh. It's a former mill town which is now part of commuterland for the city, and in 2016 had a population of about 12,600.
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.
Tweedbank
Village
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Tweedbank is a town south-east of Galashiels in the Scottish Borders. It is part of the county of Roxburghshire. It is an outer suburb of Galashiels, on the other side of the River Tweed. The population of Tweedbank at the latest census is 2,101. Tweedbank is situated 1½ miles east of Old Town.
Old Town
- Type: Quarter
- Category: locality
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.61281° or 55° 36′ 46″ northLongitude
-2.80675° or 2° 48′ 24″ westElevation
430 feet (131 metres)Open location code
9C7VJ57V+48OpenStreetMap ID
node 3982375548OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterGeoNames ID
13268880
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