The gala day has a tradition of picking a Town King and Queen from the primary schools.

[4] Gorebridge's local football team is Arniston Rangers who were founded in 1878 and play home games at Newbyres Park in the East of Scotland League First Division.

[5] Annette Crosbie, known to many as the long suffering wife of Victor Meldrew, played by fellow Scot Richard Wilson in the BBC comedy series One Foot in the Grave, is a former resident of Gorebridge.

[3] On 30 August 2020, police broke up a party of 300 people at the Mansion house of Kirkhill in Gorebridge and issued a fine to the organiser.

It was the home of Stobsmill, Scotland's first gunpowder mill, at the Gore Water, that started operating in 1794[12] and closed in 1875.