An independent record of Galashiels’ lost, at-risk and overlooked built heritage, built to make local evidence easier to find, share and act on.
This site brings together building histories, photographs, source links, current risk notes, and practical ways for local people to share information or help improve the record.
Urgent case
Glasite Chapel / Kail Kirk
The Glasite Chapel on Botany Lane is one of Galashiels’ most distinctive surviving heritage buildings. Its future remains uncertain, and it is the clearest example of why local heritage needs public attention before decisions become irreversible.
Explore the Records
Surviving buildings
Buildings at Risk
Surviving heritage buildings whose condition, vacancy, ownership, or uncertain future makes them vulnerable.
Buildings already lost
Lost Buildings
Buildings that once shaped the town’s civic, industrial, educational, religious, and social life.
Townscape features
Heritage Directory
A growing directory of surviving buildings, structures, streets and places across Galashiels.
Heritage Map
See recorded buildings and structures together on a town map, with pins for at-risk, lost and historically interesting places.
Beyond the Town Trail
The established Galashiels Town Trail provides a 20-stop introduction to the town, with directions and visitor information for each location.
Alongside it, Galashiels Heritage Watch records related building histories, architectural details, lost places and other structures encountered at, or between, the official trail stops.
Use the official Town Trail for the route and visitor information, and Heritage Watch for related records about the surrounding townscape.
Help Improve the Record
Local knowledge matters. Reliable source references and clearly explained corrections help make the site more accurate and useful.
- Send a reliable source link or archive reference.
- Report an incorrect date, location, name or image credit.
- Suggest a well-documented omission.
- Raise awareness when a surviving building is at risk.
Find out how to help or report a correction. Historical photographs, films and objects should be offered to the Old Gala Club.