Galashiels stands centrally in the Borders region, making it highly accessible for commuting in all directions. Thanks to major investment, the mill sites have been reborn in a different guise, with the largest now home to Gala Water Retail Park where 24-hour supermarkets are joined by chain stores.
Links with Galashiels’ textile industry are maintained by the School of Textiles and Design, now part of Heriot-Watt University. Living in the Central Borders gives house buyers a far wider choice than in the city, and Galashiels has property styles from starter flats and ex-local authority houses to period stone-built semis and one-off properties.