Your voices, your concerns, your solutions We want to start by saying thank you. When we launched our survey about the Merchiston Avenue/Merchiston Place/Rochester Terrace junction in January 2026, we hoped for a good response. Indeed, we received 102 responses…
Lothian buses have issued a service update due to the resurfacing works planned for Gilmore Place. This affects the bus routes 10 and 27 between the roundabout at ColintonRoad/Polwarth Terrace and Home Street (Cameo Cinema), starting on 26th January *not…
The recent newsletter from the community policing team can be found below
Most of Merchiston Districts Community Council area is now in the Edinburgh Central constituency (see map above) and the Edinburgh and Lothians East region for the upcoming May elections. More details here.
After our success with the redesign of the Polwarth junction, the City of Edinburgh Council (CEC) invited Merchiston Districts Community Council (MDCC) to make proposals to improve the junction at the south end of Merchiston Avenue, where it meets Merchiston…
A pre-application notice (PAN) has been submitted to CEC for a part of the vacant site at Fountainbridge. More details can be found here or here and elsewhere. Public in-person consultations are to be held at the Printmakers, Castle Mills,…