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Name:Gala Hill
Hill number:5101
Height:275m / 902ft
Section:28A: Firth of Forth to the River Tweed
Classification:Hu,Tu,2,Y
Drop:128m
Col:147m  NT484340  

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Entry no.Date recordedGrid Ref.Feature / Observations / SurveyRecorded byStatusSubpointLatest review
1747404/02/2017NT 49235 34951  F: Trig pillarRichardM
Summit
GJ
2993804/12/2019NT 49235 34959  F: ground by trig pointP&EH
Summit
GJ
-18950NT 49234 34959  F: ground within 2m of trig point
S: obvious summit
Summit
-1895121/02/2015NT 49236 34959  F: ground within 2m of trig point
S: obvious summit
jimbloomer
Summit
639921/02/2015NT 49236 34959  F: within 2m of trig point
S: obvious summit
jimbloomer
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GJ



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See https://scotlandhills.net/hills-around-galashiels-and-stow/hill walker10/09/2023
Parked at Wood End and then followed tracks to summit.Alan Caine10/04/2023
3rd of 3 Humps today. From town, parked near Galashiels Academy. Lots of windblown trees on N side of summit. More pleasant descent by paths/tracks on W and NW side of hill. Paths everywhere.benalder28407/01/2023
Here for the trigpoint TP:UK log: Very cold day think it was about -6 so we thought this woodland walk might be in order. Parked to the north on the verge near the start of a footpath. Followed some very icy paths to the summit but overall not too bad considering.thejackrustles12/12/2022
From Woodend. Many trees devastated in recent storms. A fair bit of clambering over was done. Otherwise very straightforward. Just follow the paths.Crumblie201/02/2022
With Rod from Wood End following tracks then mountain bike trails. Slightly different descent but good walking.SS10/05/2021
From Wood End. Pleasant woodland walk. With B and R.jenx26/08/2020
Parked at end of houses to west.hillsman20/07/2020
We were doing a geocaching trail around this hill and thought that we may as well add in a trip to the summit as well.3 kinnears17/07/2020
From NT 4872 3505. Woodland track to NT 4918 3475, whence picked best way up through sparse(ish) forest to trig pillar at top.jonglew14/01/2020
Parked at Wood End. Up through widely spaced trees, on and off various paths to the summit.LizH04/12/2019
From Galashiels through woods...onto Three Brethren and AbbotsfordN.Morters06/07/2019
First Hump for some three years. Faily easy ascent using crutches from road NNWGordonAdshead05/07/2019
Bagging the trig. Walked up from Gala.BigJ20/06/2019
Parked at 495353. Straight up steeply crossing numerous paths.NormanW17/09/2018
Parking: Gala Hill and Touting Birks Hill, Pull-in NT 487351. Route: Lazy navigation, just followed my local guides (sister and brother-in-law).David Evans15/02/2018
Labyrinth of tracks from NNW until I found a straight path that led directly to the summit.Topographer5705/11/2017
Day trip by train to Galashiels. Solo. After ascending Meigle Hill, Mount Skep and Touting Birks Hill. Went northwards to west of small forested areas and through forest to summit trig column on Gala Hill. Some of the tracks shown on the OS 1:25,000 map in the forest are overgrown. Got back to the railway station 30 seconds before a train was due. Mixture of cloud and sun.pwbellarby12/09/2017
Pleasent 50 min round trip from centre of Galashiels. Straight forward.trimarc206/06/2017
HP is a trig at obvious point within coniferous forest, no views. Pleasant walk from Galshiels.Denise 04/02/2017
Very pleasent open pine forest with grassy understorey.RichardM04/02/2017
Via Borders Railway from Gala station . Up on to SUW way, followed to E and then up track from E. Track is very muddy due to horse use. No View. Then Touting Birks.Thearlaichdubh29/11/2016
straight up through the trees from wood end.robertphillips05/05/2016
This should have been a day of rest but I was restless to climb hills so I decided to implement my walking route from Galashiels to Melrose. Easy access from road ignoring first track but then taking old forest ride into clearing then taking a forest track upwards, veering off this to climb through a lovely glade of bracken and lush grass in between the conifers. Wonderful feel to the place. Easy to find the trig. Descent by my own route eventually brought me to the edge of the woodland and back onto the Southern Upland way.Dazingdale16/05/2015
Via logging track, and foot paths. Lovely lush summit, no view. Saw a deer 😀Phillipjulie12/05/2015
From N. Lots of paths - none going directly in the direction of the summit.jimbloomer21/02/2015
From Wood End, not much parking. Access roads muddy from timber extraction, so just made way straight uphill to quarry on top road, and then small footpath to wide ride over the summit. Very pleasant hill, even if there's no view.Minto04/01/2014
From Wood End, variety of tracks to follow. With Fiona, Alexander & Rebecca.agentmancuso04/04/2012
From west, along tracks then up through trees.ZanderH04/04/2012
Parked at Wood End.chrisbien19/06/2010
Easy Hill, good footpaths all the way to summit. Trig point right beside footpath. Good Hill for deer saw some when I came out the forest.KRae21/08/2009
Easy bag - good footpaths everywhere. Trig point in trees - not much of a view.maknipe22/09/2007
Popular forested hill, open pine, no view. From N, maze of paths, MTB route is the most direct. RHW23/07/2006
Up on muddy extraction tracks. There is currently forestry works in the forest so beware. The top is looking more open though with a better view than before!Katrina89blank
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