Comely Bank Retail Park, Galashiels
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Comely Bank Retail Park, Galashiels by Jim Barton as part of the Geograph project.
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Comely Bank Retail Park, Galashiels
Image: © Jim Barton Taken: 17 Jan 2020
This retail park by the Gala Water occupies the site of the former Comely Bank Mill erected in 1852, named after a row of houses known as Comelybank - see the Canmore web page https://canmore.org.uk/site/99729/galashiels-low-buckholmside-comelybank-mill for more of the history. It is now the site of Currys, PC World, Carphone Warehouse and Carpet Right with Matalan out of shot to the left.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.622403
Longitude
-2.81902