Netherdale

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Sport venue, Sport, Arenas and stadiums

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Netherdale is a sports complex in Galashiels, Scottish Borders, consisting of two adjacent stadiums used for rugby union and football. The rugby ground is the home of Gala RFC and was formerly used by the professional Border Reivers team. It hosted one match of the 1999 Rugby World Cup. It has also occasionally been used for rugby league matches. The football ground is home to Gala Fairydean Rovers and has a Category A listed grandstand. ()

Alternative names: Opened: 1912 (112 years ago)Capacity: 4000Coordinates: 55°36'27"N, 2°46'57"W

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Netherdale – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Melrose Abbey, Abbotsford House, Leaderfoot Viaduct, Eildon Hill.

2.5 miE
14th-century monastic ruins with museum
Melrose Abbey, Melrose
65 min walk • St Mary's Abbey, Melrose is a partly ruined monastery of the Cistercian order in Melrose, Roxburghshire, in the Scottish Borders.
0.5 miS
Scott's 19th-century baronial home
Abbotsford House, Melrose
14 min walk • Abbotsford is a historic country house in the Scottish Borders, near Galashiels, on the south bank of the River Tweed. Now open to the public, it was built as the residence of historical novelist and poet Sir Walter Scott between 1817 and 1825.
4.1 miE
Bridge
Leaderfoot Viaduct, Melrose
105 min walk • The Leaderfoot Viaduct, also known as the Drygrange Viaduct, is a railway viaduct over the River Tweed near Melrose in the Scottish Borders.
3.1 miSE
Archaeological site
Eildon Hill
78 min walk • Eildon Hill lies just south of Melrose, Scotland in the Scottish Borders, overlooking the town. The name is usually pluralised into "the Eildons" or "Eildon Hills", because of its triple peak.
4.2 miE
Bridge
Drygrange Old Bridge
107 min walk • The Drygrange Old Bridge is a disused road bridge over the River Tweed near Melrose in the Scottish Borders.
1.5 miNW
Church
Galashiels Baptist Church, Galashiels
39 min walk • Galashiels Baptist Church is located in the town of Galashiels, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK. It was founded in 1804 and is affiliated to the Baptist Union of Scotland.
2.5 miE
Park
Harmony Garden, Melrose
64 min walk • The Harmony Garden is the garden of Harmony Hall which is in the town of Melrose, in the Scottish Borders, administered by the National Trust for Scotland.
2.6 miE
Nature and wildlife, Garden, Park
Priorwood Garden, Melrose
66 min walk • Priorwood Garden is a garden in Melrose in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. The garden contains an apple orchard of unusual apple trees. The flower garden is planted to supply the best samples for dry flower arrangements. It is administered by the National Trust for Scotland.
1.1 miNW
Art gallery, Shopping, Art museum
Old Gala House, Galashiels
29 min walk • Old Gala House is a museum and conference centre situated in the Old Town area of Galashiels in the Scottish Borders. The building was originally built as a tower house in 1457 by the Hoppringill family, who had been granted the lands of Gala by the Earl of Douglas.
3.3 miNW
Archaeological site
Torwoodlee Broch
86 min walk • Torwoodlee Broch is the remains of an iron-age broch located near the town of Galashiels in the Scottish Borders.
3.8 miE
Archaeological site
Trimontium
96 min walk • Trimontium was a Roman fort complex in Scotland. It is located at Newstead, near Melrose, in the Scottish Borders, in view of the three Eildon Hills which probably gave its name.

Netherdale

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Netherdale – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)