The 2022 Edinburgh Canal Festival, 18th June After a 3 year break, Fountainbridge Canalside Community Trust are organising the Edinburgh Canal Festival and Raft Race on Sat 18th June 2022. The new style Festival has seven main Festival areas to visit with a host of activities and organisations to discover — see the programme here. Merchiston Community Council will …
With city gyms still closed, more people are making use of our wonderful city parks for exercise and recreation than used to be the case. The warmer weather helps too, as does the gradual relaxation of lockdown rules determining how many people are allowed to meet up and where — currently up to four individuals from …
Read here for news on Caledonian Railway Path, a new canalside development and a community garden in Hutchison, from local councillor for Fountainbridge and Craiglockhart, Gavin Corbett. Merchiston Community Council is an impartial organisation and publishes information provided by any of our local elected representatives regardless of party allegiance, with the exception of explicit canvassing material. …
Lockdown has been tough for everyone – there’s no hiding it! A local schoolboy decided to spend his lockdown making an environmental difference to Harrison Park, while in the midst of completing his Bronze level Duke of Edinburgh Award. The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award is a young peoples awards programme founded in Windsor in 1956 …
On Saturday 4th January a large group of us, led by local councillor Gavin Corbett, grabbed litter pickers, bin bags, rakes and shovels and moved out along the path of the old Caledonian Railway, which runs from Harrison Palace to Dundee Terrace. We made use of the litter pickers supplied by Merchiston Community Council, which …
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Hugh Halcrow, Bridget Stevens and Tom Graveson of Merchiston Community Council joined PC Wotton and colleague to poppy seeds in Harrison Park on Saturday 24 March. The poppy seeds were supplied by the Ancre Somme Association Scotland. The Association is leading a UK-wide initiative to form a blanket of poppies across the country that will …