Merchiston Community Council is here to represent the local community and to help make things happen. Find out about

• local events and news
• the history of Merchiston
• our public meetings
• local projects

Public Meetings

We hold public meetings regularly throughout the year, at 7.00 pm – 9.00 pm on the third Tuesday of the month. During 2024, the dates of the upcoming meetings are as follows:
19th November. There will be no public meeting in April, July, August and December.
In 2025 the upcoming meetings will be on 21^st Jan, 18^th Feb, 18^th March, 20^th May, 17^th June, 16^th Sept, 21^st Oct, 18^th Nov. (No MCC meeting in April, July, August, December)

We will use the following Zoom link for our online public meetings:
 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86913505145?pwd=Q2hXVFh3OCtBdjNiUGlJMm9

Latest News

The Polwarth Pavement Project 

16 January, 2025

Great news: change is coming to the Polwarth Roundabout!  We are delighted to report that…

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Our next public meeting is on 21st January

14 January, 2025

PUBLIC MEETING of MERCHISTON COMMUNITY COUNCIL Tuesday 21st Jan 2025 at 19.00. Residents are invited to…

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Tree Work and Conservation

17 October, 2024

Work on garden trees – pruning or felling – within the conservation area of Merchiston…

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A Message of Appreciation for the Replacement Bench at Polwarth Church

6 August, 2024

We recently received an email (below) from a previous resident of our area expressing their…

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