Old Gala House

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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.

Galashiels Library

Library

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Galashiels Library is situated 340 feet northeast of Old Gala House.

Galashiels Parish Church, Scott Crescent, Galashiels

Church

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Galashiels Parish Church, Scott Crescent, Galashiels is situated 380 feet south of Old Gala House.

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Galashiels

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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.

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