Galashiels
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.
- Town with about 13,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 530 feet (160 metres)
- Description: town in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
- Also known as“Gafashiels”“Gala”
Places of Interest
Discover Galashiels railway station and Old Gala House.
Galashiels railway station
Galashiels is a railway station on the Borders…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Melrose and Tweedbank.
Tweedbank
Tweedbank is a town south-east of Galashiels in the Scottish Borders.
Galashiels
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Latitude
55.6157° or 55° 36′ 56″ north
Longitude
-2.8062° or 2° 48′ 22″ west
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Open location code
9C7VJ58V+7G
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Galashiels” goes by many names.
غالاشيلزArabic
ԳալաշիլսArmenian
GalashielsAsturian
GalashielsBasque
গালাশিলসBengali
ГалашиелсBulgarian
GalashielsCatalan
GalashielsCebuano
加勒希尔斯Chinese
加勒希爾斯Chinese
加拉希尔斯Chinese
GalashielsCzech
GalashielsDanish
GalashielsDutch
GalashielsFaroese
ગાલાશિલ્સGujarati
גלאשילסHebrew
GalashielsIcelandic
GalashielsIdo
An Geal ÁthIrish
GalashielsIrish
GalashielsItalian
ガラシールズJapanese
ラングリーJapanese
GalashielsKalaallisut
ಗ್ಯಾಲಾಶಿಯಲ್ಸ್Kannada
갈라쉴드Korean
GalašelisLithuanian
GalashielsNorwegian
GalashielsNorwegian Bokmål
GalashielsNorwegian Nynorsk
گلشیلزPersian
GalashielsPolish
ГалашилсRussian
ГалашильсRussian
GalaScots
GalashielsScots
GallaeScots
An Geal-àthScottish Gaelic
GalashielsScottish Gaelic
GalashielsSlovak
GalashielsSwedish
கால்ஷிஎல்ஸ்Tamil
గాళ శిల్స్Telugu
ГалашилсUkrainian
جالاشییلسUrdu
گالاشیلزUrdu
GalashielsWelsh
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Town Centre and Gala Park.
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