The Public Park and the southeast end of Galashiels
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The photograph on this page of The Public Park and the southeast end of Galashiels by Walter Baxter as part of the Geograph project.
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The Public Park and the southeast end of Galashiels
Image: © Walter Baxter Taken: 7 Feb 2007
Viewed from the Southern Upland Way track on Barr Road below Gala Hill. The Public Park in the centre of the photo (originally laid out in 1885) has a football pitch, play area and skate board area. Eastlands cemetery is beyond (out of view) and to the right of the park. The houses in the foreground are in Oatlands Terrace while the houses centre and right in the background are in Langlee Estate. The hill on the left with communications mast is Wester Hill with Langlee Woodlands below. The field on the left below Langlee Woodlands is part of a 12.72 hectare site at Crotchetknowe, zoned for new housing. The flat roofed building with tower in the middle ground left is Galashiels fire station on Abbotsford Road.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.608896
Longitude
-2.796039