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Galashiels

Galashiels is a Scottish burgh in Selkirkshire on the Gala Water river. It acts as a major industrial centre for the Borders region. Although it has an oceanic climate, its high position and distance from the sea means that it has colder winters and somewhat warmer summers than many coastal places, and snow in winter months is more common. According to the 2011 census, the town has a permanent population of around 14994. In 2015, the Scottish Borders Council declared Galashiels as the capital of the Scottish Borders. Its population grew dramatically as a result of the textile trade with a number of mills. A connection with the town's mill history, the Mill Lade, continues to connect the town from near the site of mills at Wheatlands Road, to Netherdale, through Wilderhaugh, Bank Street, the Fountain and next to the retail development street. The town is especially well known for textile making, and it is also the setting of Heriot-Watt University's School of Textiles and Design, Galashiels Academy and one campus of the Borders College, which since 2009 has actually moved and now accompanies the University. A distinctive landmark in Galashiels is the Glasite church, which is in real danger of being lost, yet it remains to be standing between the mills and shop buildings on High Street, Botany Lane and Roxburgh Street. It is home to Gala RFC and Gala Fairydean Rovers, with the football and rugby grounds connected to each other at one end. The football club's main stand was built in 1963 to designs by Peter Womersley, based in nearby Gattonside, with the cantilevered concrete structure, in the Brutalist style, being preserved as a Category A listed building. For all your house upgrades, make sure to make use of respected specialists in Galashiels to make certain of quality.