Old Gala House
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.Photo: Iain Lees, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Old Gala House, Scott Crescent, Galashiels”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Galashiels Library and Galashiels Parish Church, Scott Crescent, Galashiels.
Galashiels Library
Library
Photo: Mainlymazza, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Galashiels Library is situated 380 feet northeast of Old Gala House.
Galashiels Parish Church, Scott Crescent, Galashiels
Church
Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Galashiels Parish Church, Scott Crescent, Galashiels is situated 360 feet south of Old Gala House.
Pavilion Cinema
Movie theater
Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pavilion Cinema is a movie theater, which is situated 940 feet northeast of Old Gala House.
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. Boleside is situated 1½ miles south of Old Gala House.
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 2 miles southeast of Old Gala House.
Old Gala House
- Categories: local authority museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.61384° or 55° 36′ 50″ northLongitude
-2.80894° or 2° 48′ 32″ westOpen location code
9C7VJ57R+GCOpenStreetMap ID
node 714199696OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q7084073
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In Other Languages
“Old Gala House” goes by many names.
- German: “Old Gala House”
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Highlights include Bust Of Robert Burns, Old Town, Galashiels and Volunteer Hall.
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