Galashiels

{{Short description|Town in Scottish Borders, Scotland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox UK place | country = Scotland | type = [[Town]] | official_name = Galashiels | gaelic_name = An Geal Àth | scots_name = Gallae | static_image_name = Bank Street Gardens (Galashiels) - panoramio.jpg | static_image_caption = Bank Street Gardens in Galashiels, 2011 | population = {{Scottish locality population|name|POP=Galashiels}} | population_ref = ({{Scottish settlement population citation|year}})<ref>{{Scottish settlement population citation}}</ref> | os_grid_reference = NT495365 | map_type = Scotland | coordinates = {{coord|55.6194|-2.8033|display=inline,title}} | unitary_scotland = [[Scottish Borders]] | lieutenancy_scotland = [[Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale]] | constituency_westminster = [[Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk]] | constituency_scottish_parliament = [[Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale]] | post_town = Galashiels | postcode_district = TD1 | postcode_area = TD | dial_code = 01896 }}

'''Galashiels''', ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|ɡ|æ|l|ə|ˈ|ʃ|iː|l|z}}; {{langx|sco|Gallae}};<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scotslanguage.com/books/view/1/823/Names%20in%20Scots%20-%20Places%20in%20Scotland|title=Scots Language - Names in Scots - Places in Scotland}}</ref> {{langx|gd|An Geal Àth}})<ref>{{cite web |title=An Stòr-dàta Briathrachais |url=http://www2.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gaidhlig/faclair/sbg/lorg.php?faclair=sbg&seorsa=Beurla&facal=galasheils&eis_saor=on |publisher =smo.uhi.ac.uk |access-date= January 21, 2010}}</ref> colloquially known as '''Gala''',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scotborders.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/2984/ward_3_-_galashiels_and_districtpdf.pdf|title=Galashiels and District - Overview of Population, Deprivation, Unemployment and Schools|website=Scottish Borders Council|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630164424/https://www.scotborders.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/2984/ward_3_-_galashiels_and_districtpdf.pdf|archive-date=30 June 2018|access-date=30 June 2018}}</ref> is a town in the [[Scottish Borders]] with a population of around 10,060. The town is a major commercial centre for the Borders region with extensive history in the [[textile]] industry. Galashiels is the location of [[Heriot-Watt University]]'s School of Textiles and Design.<ref>Borders College, [http://www.borderscollege.ac.uk/about-our-college/ About our College], accessed 10 November 2018</ref>

==History==

To the west of the town, there is an ancient earthwork known as the [[Picts]]'s Work Ditch or [[Catrail]]. It extends many miles south, and its height and width vary. There is no agreement about the purpose of the earthwork. There is another ancient site on the north-western edge of the town, at [[Torwoodlee]], an Iron Age hill fort, with a later [[broch]] known as [[Torwoodlee Broch]] built in the western quarter of the hill fort, and overlapping some of the defensive ditches of the original fort. The [[Ancient Rome|Romans]] destroyed the broch in 140 CE, soon after it was completed.

The town's coat of arms shows two foxes reaching up to eat plums from a tree, and the motto is ''Sour Plums'' pronounced in Scots as [[soor ploom]]s.<ref>{{cite book | title = The Works of John Ruskin | author = John Ruskin | publisher = Longmans, Green and Co. | year = 1907 | pages = 613}}</ref> This is a reference to an incident in 1337 when a raiding party of [[England|English]] soldiers were picking wild plums close to the town and were caught by Scots who came across them by chance and slaughtered them all.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/ploom|title=Ploom n.|website=Dictionary of the Scots Language|access-date=2019-01-23}}</ref>

On a hillside to the north of the town, [[Buckholm]] Tower is a prominent structure that dates back to 1582 and replaced an earlier tower built on the same site but destroyed around 1570. In 1599, Galashiels received its Burgh Charter, an event celebrated every summer since the 1930s by the "Braw Lads’ Gathering", with riders on horseback parading through the town. [[Galashiels Burgh Chambers]] were designed in the [[Renaissance in Scotland|Scottish Renaissance style]] and completed in 1867.<ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=LB31977|desc= Albert Place, Burgh Chambers and Clock Tower, including war memorials, ballustrading and steps|access-date=25 September 2021}}</ref>

The [[Paton Street drill hall, Galashiels|Paton Street drill hall]] was completed in the late 19th century.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://canmore.org.uk/site/333070/galashiels-paton-street-mid-mill |title= Galashiels, Paton Street, Mid Mill |publisher=Canmore|access-date=13 June 2017}}</ref> The textile trade caused Galashiels' population to increase dramatically from 800 residents at the start of the nineteenth century to 19,553 by 1890.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dennison |first1=E. Patricia |title=Evolution of Scotland's towns : creation, growth and fragmentation |date=2018 |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |location=Edinburgh |isbn=978-1-4744-3297-9 |page=196}}</ref> A connection with the town's mill history, the Mill Lade, still links the town from near the site of mills at Wheatlands Road, to Netherdale, via Wilderhaugh, Bank Street, the Fountain and next to the Tesco/retail development street.

Despite the town's relatively low population, the early 2000s saw many new developments, including [[Asda]], [[Boots UK|Boots]] pharmacy, [[Farmfoods]], [[Marks & Spencer Simply Food#Simply Food|Marks & Spencer]], [[Matalan]], [[McDonald's]], [[Next (clothing)|Next]], [[Subway (restaurant)|Subway]] fast-food outlet and [[Tesco Extra]]. Most of these are on former mill and industrial estate sites, while other disused mills have been converted to living accommodations.

==Governance== [[File:Galashiels Burgh Chambers (geograph 1664397).jpg|right|thumb|[[Galashiels Burgh Chambers]]]]

Local government services for Galashiels are provided by the [[Scottish Borders Council]]. There is also a [[community council]] covering the town.<ref>{{cite web |title=Galashiels Community Councils |url=https://www.galashielscommunitycouncil.com/ |website=Galashiels Community Council |access-date=23 December 2022}}</ref> Galashiels was designated a [[burgh of barony]] in 1599 and later became a [[police burgh]] by 1868.<ref>{{cite web |title=Galashiels Burgh |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10359673 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=23 December 2022}}</ref> [[Galashiels Burgh Chambers]] on Albert Place was built in 1867.<ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=LB31977|desc= Albert Place, Burgh Chambers and Clock Tower, including war memorials, ballustrading and steps|access-date=23 December 2022}}</ref>

When elected county councils were created in 1890 under the [[Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889]], burghs which met certain criteria were excluded from the area under the control of the county councils. There was disagreement between Galashiels and [[Selkirkshire]] County Council as to whether these criteria applied to Galashiels. The case went to court, and the [[Scottish Supreme Court]] found that Galashiels was entirely responsible for its own affairs and should neither be represented on nor taxed by Selkirkshire County Council.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Reid |editor1-first=John Alexander |title=The Poor Law Magazine and Local Government Journal |date=1892 |publisher=James Turner and Company |location=Edinburgh |page=204 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vt9FAQAAIAAJ |access-date=23 December 2022 |chapter=February 23, 1892: The Corporation of the Burgh of Galashiels v. The Selkirk County Council, and John Steedman (Collector of County Rates)}}</ref> Further local government reform in 1930 brought the burgh of Galashiels within the area controlled by the county council, with the town being reclassified as a [[small burgh]], ceding most of its functions to the county council.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=act|act=Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929|year=1929|chapter=25|accessdate=23 December 2022}}</ref>

In 1975, local government across Scotland was reformed under the [[Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973]]. The burghs and counties were abolished as administrative areas and replaced with a two-tier system of upper-tier regions and lower-tier districts. Galashiels therefore became part of the [[Ettrick and Lauderdale]] district within the [[Scottish Borders|Borders]] region.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=act|act=Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973|year=1973|chapter=65|accessdate=23 December 2022}}</ref> Ettrick and Lauderdale District Council used Galashiels Burgh Chambers as its headquarters.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=22857|page=2176|date=2 November 1990|city=e}}</ref> Further local government reform in 1996 abolished the regions and districts, since when Galashiels has been administered by Scottish Borders Council.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=act|act=Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994|year=1994|chapter=39|accessdate=16 December 2022}}</ref>

==Culture== ===The arts===

[[Robert Burns]] wrote two poems about Galashiels, ''Sae Fair Her Hair'' and ''Braw Lads''. The latter is sung by some of the townsfolk each year at the Braw Lads Gathering. [[Walter Scott|Sir Walter Scott]] built his home, [[Abbotsford House|Abbotsford]], just across the [[River Tweed]] from Galashiels. The [[Sir Walter Scott Way]], a [[long-distance path]] from [[Moffat, Dumfries and Galloway|Moffat]] to [[Cockburnspath]], passes through Galashiels. There is some largely good-hearted rivalry between some of the Galashiels townsfolk and those of other border towns, particularly [[Hawick]], the next largest town in the Scottish Borders. Galashiels' citizens often refer to their rival as ''dirty Hawick'' while the 'Teries' retort that Galashiels's residents are ''pail merks'', supposedly because their town was the last to be plumbed into the mains water system and so residents had to rely on buckets as toilets.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk/corpus/search/document.php?documentid=1572|title=SCOTS - Search}}</ref>

Galashiels was home to the [[poet]], [[painter]] and [[watercolourist]] [[George Hope Tait]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018 |title=The artist and the engineer |url=https://www.peeblesshirenews.com/news/17286537.artist-engineer/ |access-date=6 October 2025 |website=The Peeblesshire News}}</ref> Tait joined the Galashiels Town Council, on which he served for more than twenty-nine years. He played a key role in the establishment of the Braw Lads Gathering in 1930, as well as in the erection of the War Memorial and the construction of the new Burgh Chambers in Galashiels. The town was home to the author of the famous Scottish song ''[[Coulters Candy]]''. Robert Coltart was a weaver in the town, but also made confectionery in nearby Melrose. The song was created as an advertisement and hence was renamed ''Sugar Candy'' when played by the BBC. The song is possibly better known by the first line of its chorus - "Ally, bally, ally bally bee". Coltart died in 1890. A statue of Coltart now stands in the Market Square. The 1985 [[Marillion]] hit single ''[[Kayleigh]]'' was partially inspired by events that took place in Galashiels as the band's lead singer, [[Fish (singer)|Fish]], spent some time in the town in his earlier years. In 2012, the Scottish Borders Council undertook work to revamp the Market Square with lyrics of the song inscribed into the paving slabs. Fish officially reopened the square on completion later that year.

A new £6.7m [[Great Tapestry of Scotland]] Centre opened in Galashiels on 21 August 2021, to house one of the world's largest tapestries and community arts projects. The Great Tapestry of Scotland was hand stitched by over 1,000 people across Scotland and had been taken for display around the country throughout its six-years' creation, the original brainchild of Edinburgh-born author [[Alexander McCall Smith]], whose vision it was to create a tapestry telling the history of Scotland. The new purpose-built gallery, visitor centre, café and workshop space has been created and, on the opening day, saw the 160th and final tapestry panel revealed by chief stitcher Dorie Wilkie, accompanied by McCall Smith himself.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Stephen |first1=Phyllis |title=The Great Tapestry of Scotland has a new home |url=https://theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2021/08/the-great-tapestry-of-scotland-has-a-new-home/ |website=The Edinburgh Reporter |access-date=4 November 2022 |date=17 August 2021}}</ref>

The Pavilion Cinema in Market Street opened in 1922 as a cinema, dance hall and theatre, originally named the Playhouse. The auditorium was converted to a bingo hall in the 1960s. The building was refurbished in the early 1990s, with its original art-deco façade being restored. It is now a four-screen cinema.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Knox |first1=David |title=Relief as Borders cinema celebrates its centenary |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-63500250 |website=BBC News |access-date=4 November 2022 |date=3 November 2022}}</ref>

===Sports===

The following sports clubs are based in Galashiels: * Gala Cricket Club * [[Gala Fairydean Rovers F.C.|Gala Fairydean Rovers]] (association football) * [[Gala RFC]] (rugby union) * [[Galashiels Golf Club]] * Galashiels Squash and Racketball club

===Landmarks===

The town is home to the [[Glasite]] church, in danger of being lost,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.buildingsatrisk.org.uk/BAR/detail.aspx?sctID=1020&region=Scottish%20Borders&div=&class=REL&category=ALL&Page=1&NumImg=5|title=Glasite Chapel (Former), Botany Lane, Galashiels|access-date=9 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717065513/http://www.buildingsatrisk.org.uk/BAR/detail.aspx?sctID=1020&region=Scottish%20Borders&div=&class=REL&category=ALL&Page=1&NumImg=5|archive-date=17 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> but still standing sandwiched between mills and shop buildings on High Street, Botany Lane and Roxburgh Street.

[[Netherdale]] is home to [[Gala RFC]] and [[Gala Fairydean Rovers F.C.|Gala Fairydean Rovers]], with the [[association football|football]] and [[rugby union|rugby]] stadiums adjoining each other at one end. The football club's main stand was built in 1963 to designs by [[Peter Womersley]], based in nearby [[Gattonside]]. The [[cantilever]]ed concrete structure, in the [[Brutalist architecture|Brutalist style]], is now protected as a [[Listed Building#Scotland|Category A listed]] building.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/scotland/top-stories/gala-fairydean-rovers-stand-upgraded-to-a-listed-1-3217333 |title=Gala Fairydean Rovers stand upgraded to A-listed |work=The Scotsman |publisher=Johnston Publishing |date=2 December 2013 |access-date=2 December 2013}}</ref>

===Television and print===

Local news and television programmes are provided by [[BBC Scotland]] and [[ITV Border]]. Television signal are received from the [[Selkirk transmitting station|Selkirk]] and the local relay transmitters.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Selkirk | title=Selkirk (The Scottish Borders, Scotland) Full Freeview transmitter | date=1 May 2004 | accessdate = 8 October 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Galashiels | title= Freeview Light on the Galashiels (The Scottish Borders, Scotland) transmitter | date= 1 May 2004 | accessdate = 8 October 2023 }}</ref>

Local radio stations are [[BBC Radio Scotland]] on 93.5 FM, [[Radio Borders|Greatest Hits Radio Scottish Borders and North Northumberland]] on 96.8 FM and TD1 Radio, a community based radio station that broadcast on 106.5 FM.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.td1radio.scot/listen-live |title=TD1 Radio |access-date= 8 October 2023}}</ref>

The Border Telegraph and [[Southern Reporter (newspaper)|Southern Reporter]] are the town's local newspapers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishpapers.co.uk/scotland/border-telegraph/|title=Border Telegraph|date=23 November 2013|website=British Papers|accessdate= 8 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishpapers.co.uk/scotland/southern-reporter/|title=Southern Reporter|date=21 January 2014|website=British Papers|accessdate= 8 October 2023}}</ref>

==Transport== [[File:Galashiels Transport Interchange.jpg|thumb|right|Galashiels Transport Interchange, a combined bus and railway station, shown in August 2015]]

In 1969, the historic [[Waverley Line]], which connected the Scottish Borders to the national rail network, was closed as part of a wider series of cuts to British Railways. The closure led to a campaign for a return of rail to the region that never diminished. Following years of campaigning, in 2006, the Waverley Railway (Scotland) Act was passed by the [[Scottish Parliament]], which authorised a partial restoration of the service. The new [[Borders Railway]], which links Galashiels with [[Edinburgh]], saw four new stations built in [[Midlothian]] and three in the [[Scottish Borders]].

For most of the route, the original line was followed with {{convert|30|mi|km|abbr=off|sigfig=1}} of new railway line built. The project is estimated to have cost £294 million and was completed in September 2015, with the formal opening on 9 September by [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-34177585|title=Queen officially opens Borders-to-Edinburgh railway|publisher=BBC|date=9 September 2015|access-date=11 September 2015}}</ref> Trains from [[Galashiels railway station]] run every half-hour going down to hourly in the evening and on Sundays. Journey times between Tweedbank and Edinburgh take less than one hour.

The town is also served by several bus routes, operated by [[Borders Buses]]. They include X62 (to Edinburgh via [[Peebles]], X95 (Edinburgh to [[Carlisle]]), 51 (to Edinburgh via [[Lauder]]) as well as a number of local routes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Galashiels - Timetables & Maps |url=https://www.bordersbuses.co.uk/services/galashiels |publisher=Borders Buses |access-date=8 June 2025}}</ref>

A transport interchange building was opened in August 2015, shortly before the opening of the restored railway line. It is situated next to the railway station, on the site of the old bus station. It has a café, and upstairs has office space that has been leased to businesses and organisations. It also has toilet and baby-changing facilities, and a travel help desk.<ref>{{cite web |title=Work completes on £5.2m Galashiels Transport Interchange |url=https://www.urbanrealm.com/news/5648/Work_completes_on_%C2%A35.2m_Galashiels_Transport_Interchange_.html |website=Urban Realm |access-date=8 June 2025 |date=7 August 2015}}</ref>

==Education== [[File:Galashiels - August 2014 (1) (14883232666).jpg|thumb|right|[[Galashiels Academy]] is the only secondary school in the town]]

The following are listed by Scottish Borders Council as being in the Galashiels area and are catchment schools for [[Galashiels Academy]].

Primary schools * Balmoral Primary * Burgh Primary * Clovenfords Primary (moved from Caddonfoot in 2012) * Fountainhall Primary, Midlothian * Glendinning Terrace Primary * Heriot Primary, Midlothian * Langlee Primary * Stow Primary * St Margaret's Roman Catholic Primary * St Peter's Primary * Tweedbank Primary

Secondary schools * [[Galashiels Academy]]

Further and Higher education

[[Netherdale]] in Galashiels is home to [[Heriot-Watt University]]'s School of Textiles and Design,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tex.hw.ac.uk/|title=Textiles & Design}}</ref> which is also a shared campus of [[Borders College]].

==Notable people== *[[Dugald Butler]] (1862–1926) parish minister and historical author *[[Craig Chalmers]] (born 1968), rugby player *[[Thomas J Clapperton]] (1879–1962), sculptor *[[Archie Cochrane]] (1909–1988), epidemiologist *[[John Collins (footballer born 1968)|John Collins]] (born 1968), footballer *[[Jimmy Curran]] (1880–1963), athlete and athletics coach *[[John Davidson (Tourette syndrome campaigner)|Johnny Davidson]] (born 1971), [[Tourette syndrome]] campaigner *[[James Donald]] (1917–1993), actor *[[Scilla Elworthy]] (born 1943), Peace activist and founder of the Oxford Research Group *[[Russell Fairgrieve]] (1924–1999), politician *[[Douglas Ford (GC)|Douglas Ford]] (1918–1943), army officer *[[Danny Galbraith]] (born 1990), footballer *Reverend [[Paton James Gloag]] (1823–1906) parish minister, Moderator in 1889 *[[Andrew John Herbertson]] (1865–1915), geographer and [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] don *[[Ross Kelly (presenter)|Ross Kelly]] (born 1961), Television presenter *[[Arthur Lapworth]] (1872–1941), Scottish chemist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rsbm.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/obits/5/15/554.full.pdf+html|title=Fellows of the Royal Society}}</ref> *[[Ryan Mania]] (born 1989), winner of the [[2013 Grand National]] *[[Mary Monica Maxwell-Scott]] (1852–1920), author *[[Sandy McDade]] (born 1964), actress *[[Judith Miller (antiques expert)|Judith Miller]] (1951-2023), antiques expert *[[Andrew Murdison]] (1898–1968), rugby player *[[Alan V. Murray]] (born DOES ANYBODY KNOW), historian *[[Thomas Paterson Noble]], (1887–1959), surgeon *[[Chris Paterson]] (born 1978), rugby player *Reverend [[K. M. Phin]] (1816–1888) parish minister, Moderator in 1877 *[[Anne Redpath]] (1895–1965), artist *[[Bryan Redpath]] (born 1971), rugby player *[[Brian Shillinglaw]] (1939–2007), rugby player *[[Gregor Townsend]] (born 1973), rugby player and head coach of the [[Scotland national rugby union team]] *[[Thomas Welsh (swimmer)|Thomas Douglas Welsh]] (1933-2021), swimmer

==Climate== Galashiels has an [[oceanic climate]]. However, due to its elevated position and distance from the sea, it has colder winters and slightly warmer summers than coastal places such as Edinburgh, [[Dunbar]] and [[Eyemouth]]. [[Snow]] is also much more common in winter, and covers the ground for an average of 38 days a year in an average winter.

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==See also== *[[List of places in Scotland]] *[[List of places in the Scottish Borders]] *[[Shieling]]

==References== {{reflist|30em}} *{{cite web|url=http://www.scotborders.gov.uk/outabout/aboutborders/townsize/index.html|title=Census 2001|work=Population figures|access-date=August 17, 2005|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050914155810/http://www.scotborders.gov.uk/outabout/aboutborders/townsize/index.html|archive-date=September 14, 2005}} *{{cite web|url=http://www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk/corpus/search/document.php?documentid=1572|title=BBC Voices Recording/Scottish Corpus|access-date=January 4, 2009}} *{{cite web|url=http://www.waverleyrailwayproject.co.uk|title=Waverley Rail Project|work=Rail work figures|access-date=October 2, 2009}}

==External links== {{Commons category|Galashiels}} {{wikivoyage}} *{{Official website|http://www.galashiels.com/ }} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120531051458/http://www.galashiels.bordernet.co.uk/ Galashiels Town Website] * [http://ssa.nls.uk/film.cfm?fid=0760 GALASHIELS HISTORICAL PEACE PAGEANT (1919)] [http://ssa.nls.uk/film.cfm?fid=0762A GALASHIELS WAR MEMORIAL (1925)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401060536/http://ssa.nls.uk/film.cfm?fid=0762A |date=1 April 2012 }} (archive films from the National Library of Scotland: Scottish Screen Archive)

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