Green Woodworking Days at Wooplaw
GREEN WOODWORKING DAYS AT WOOPLAW. Come and have a try at green woodworking, open to everyone – we will be starting small with some spoon carving and leading up to bigger things in the future. Children welcome but must be accompanied by an Adult. Meet at Wooplaw Community Woodland, Axe Head car park at 1000 […]
Family Cycle Rides
STOW CYCLE HUB family rides. Come along and cycle with our experienced volunteers & build your confidence riding with your wee ones. Meet at Stow Cycle Hub, Station House, from 10am on Thursday 28 July, 4 and 11 August. The ride is free, but adults / 14 + can hire an ebike from the Cycle […]
Community social walks
Following the recent success of the Stow Cycle Hub’s popular community cycles, new social walks are being run over the next few months which everyone can join. Although these are informal walks and not led by volunteers, they are a perfect way to meet other walkers and discover some of the great walking routes around […]
New 1940s Heritage Walk
The Gala Water History and Heritage Association invite you for a walk around Stow on Saturday 30 July, telling tales of life in the valley in the 1940s. A temporary exhibition in the Town Hall, with refreshments available, will be open to accompany the walk. Further details available from the GWWHA / Parish Archive.
Scottish Borders Walking Festival 2022
Details of this year’s Scottish Borders Walking Festival, hosted jointly by Stow and Galashiels, are now available. The festival will run from 4 – 10 September and features a great selection of walks including a return of the popular Stow Heritage Walk. Early booking advised to avoid disappointment. For details of the walks and booking […]
Rail Strikes in July and August
Industrial action has been annnounced by the RMT for 27 July, 18 and 20 August, which will mean that there is no rail service via Stow on each of those dates. Some limited services will be running from Edinburgh to Glasgow but all other routes will remain closed. Further information can be found on the […]
SCOTRAIL HALF-HOURLY SERVICE RETURNS
SCOTRAIL HALF-HOURLY SERVICE RETURNS ScotRail has announced that the temporary “emergency” timetable that has been in place for some weeks will end on Wednesday 20 July. From that date, the new daytime Monday to Saturday half-hourly service from Stow to Tweedbank or Edinburgh will resume. The revised timetable is available on the ScotRail website.
ROAD CLOSURE, FERNIEHURST FARM
The back road from Stow to Ferniehurst farm will be closed to all traffic for three weeks in August. All vehicles will be required to travel through Stow on to the A7 instead. The existing masonry structure carrying the C11 road over the Crumside Burn is in poor condition and has reached the end of […]
Stow Cycle Hub rides again!
Join our community ride this Sunday from Stow / Fountainhall along AULD LICHT RAILWAY with a coffee at Lauder Community Centre afterwards – ebikes must be booked in advanced (£6 for members £15 for non members. Membership costs £30 a year with first ride included in that price). You can join the ride for free […]
Parish Partnership with Luwatala, Malawi
Rev. Thomas Nyang’amah – representing our Parish Partnership Church in Malawi – will be visiting Stow, Heriot and Fountainhall the weekend of 25th / 26th June. Everyone is invited to meet him, either at one of our informal events or on Sunday at Heriot Church: Heritage Walk from Station House 10.30am Sat 25th June Sustainable […]
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