Galashiels

Galashiels is a town in the , 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.
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  • Type: Town with 15,000 residents
  • Description: town in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “An Geal Ath”, “Gafashiels”, “Gala”, “Галашильс”, and “ラングリー”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Galashiels railway station and Old Gala House.

Railway station
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Galashiels is a railway station on the Borders…

Museum
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is a and conference centre…

Movie theater
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is a movie theater.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Melrose and Tweedbank.

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is a town in the Region of southern , with a population of 2,510 in 2016.

Village
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is a town south-east of Galashiels in the .

Village
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is a village near in the… is situated 2½ miles southeast of Galashiels.

Galashiels

Latitude
55.6157° or 55° 36′ 56″ north
Longitude
-2.8062° or 2° 48′ 22″ west
Population
15,000
Elevation
390 feet (119 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB GAH
Open location code
9C7VJ58V+7G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 248674447
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2648928
Wiki­data ID
Q1016925
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Galashiels” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غالاشيلز”
  • Armenian: “Գալաշիլս”
  • Asturian: “Galashiels”
  • Basque: “Galashiels”
  • Bengali: “গালাশিলস”
  • Bulgarian: “Галашиелс”
  • Catalan: “Galashiels”
  • Cebuano: “Galashiels”
  • Chinese: “加勒希尔斯”
  • Chinese: “加勒希爾斯”
  • Chinese: “加拉希尔斯”
  • Czech: “Galashiels”
  • Danish: “Galashiels”
  • Dutch: “Galashiels”
  • Faroese: “Galashiels”
  • French: “Galashiels”
  • German: “Galashiels”
  • Gujarati: “ગાલાશિલ્સ”
  • Hebrew: “גלאשילס”
  • Icelandic: “Galashiels”
  • Irish: “An Geal Áth”
  • Irish: “An Geal Àth”
  • Italian: “Galashiels”
  • Japanese: “ガラシールズ”
  • Kalaallisut: “Galashiels”
  • Kannada: “ಗ್ಯಾಲಾಶಿಯಲ್ಸ್”
  • Korean: “갈라쉴드”
  • Lithuanian: “Galašelis”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Galashiels”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Galashiels”
  • Norwegian: “Galashiels”
  • Persian: “گلشیلز”
  • Polish: “Galashiels”
  • Portuguese: “Galashiels”
  • Russian: “Галашилс”
  • Scots: “Gallae”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “An Geal Àth”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “An Geal-àth”
  • Slovak: “Galashiels”
  • Spanish: “Galashiels”
  • Swedish: “Galashiels”
  • Tamil: “கால்ஷிஎல்ஸ்”
  • Telugu: “గాళ శిల్స్”
  • Ukrainian: “Галашилс”
  • Urdu: “جالاشییلس”
  • Urdu: “گالاشیلز”
  • Welsh: “Galashiels”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Town Centre and Gala Park.

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