Walking Festival Tours
GALA WATER VALLEY TOURS, TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE. The two walking tours starting in Stow on the weekend of the Scottish Borders Walking Festival still have tickets available. The Gala Water History and Heritage Association has developed a new history tour of Stow looking at the village’s many legends and rich medieval history. From the prehistoric […]
Stow Station House Tours
STOW STATION HOUSE TOURS Stow Community Trust invites you to visit the beautifully-renovated Station House and have a look around! SCT Board members will be available to give you a tour on the following dates: Saturday 4th September – 10am – 2pm Sunday 5th September – 10am – 2pm Friday 10th September – 2 – […]
New tour reveals history of Stow
NEW HERITAGE TOUR OF STOW LAUNCHES. Gala Water History and Heritage Association have produced a new history tour of Stow looking at the village’s many legends and rich medieval history. Working with the Scottish Borders Walking Festival, the tour will launch on Friday 10 September and will take approximately 2.5 hours. Further information is […]
Tour of Britain is coming to the valley!
TOUR OF BRITAIN COMING ON 11 SEPTEMBER – GET INVOLVED! You’ll know from the Tour de France how much fun communities get from being involved and welcoming the huge caravan of cars, vans and, of course, bikes as they sweep through by decorating their towns and villages – now is our chance! LET’S MAKE OUR […]
Road closure
Parts of Craigend Road and Cockholm Crescent will be closed for roadworks on Thursday 2nd, Friday 4th and Monday 6th September, 0900-1700. There is no alternative route during the road closure, which is to allow for resurfacing. Information is from the Scottish Borders Council.
Railway cuts proposed by Scotrail
Train service cuts being proposed. ScotRail have launched a consultation on proposed service changes on the Edinburgh-Tweedbank line, which would be effective from the May 2022 timetable change next year. The proposals reduce the entire service on the Borders Railway to hourly outside of the morning and evening peak times and cut all through-services to […]
Tour of Britain comes to Gala Water
The 2021 Tour of Britain cycling will reach the Galley Water valley on Saturday 11 September. Arriving into Heriot and travelling via the A7 through Stow, this will undoubtedly be a busy weekend! Stow Community Trust are working on a programme of events to accompany the occasion and will be posting updates on their Facebook […]
Walking Festival routes revealed
The Scottish Borders Walking Festival routes for the weekend of 10-12 September have now been revealed and volunteers from Stow have created walks linking our village with Scotland’s oldest walking festival. This year’s events are being jointly hosted by Galashiels Walking Festival and Stow Community Trust and feature walks around the Gala Water valley and […]
Borders road speed consultation ending
This weekend sees the end of the SBC consultation on road speed, which has included trial speed limits of 20mph through our villages and along the back road. If you would like to have your say on the 20 mph speed limit in villages and towns in the region, please go to the website portal […]
Walk it!
New community walks starting in Stow this week. A few folk in the village have recently taken part in training that gives them the skills to lead guided walks. They are keen to put their new skills into action and will be offering two walks in Stow village: Starting every Thursday from the 27th May at 10.30am until […]
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