Merchiston Districts Community Council
@merchistoncc.bsky.social
Community Council serving the Edinburgh areas of Bruntsfield, Church Hill, Fountainbridge, Greenhill, Polwarth, Shandon and Viewforth. https://merchistoncc.org.uk
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Big 'Road Safety Delivery' report at Edinburgh's Transport and Environment Committee on 12/11. It also covers speed limits, school travel plans and pedestrian crossings.
You can read the agenda & our deputation calling for more resources and priority for these areas via:- bit.ly/4p50ns4
You can read the agenda & our deputation calling for more resources and priority for these areas via:- bit.ly/4p50ns4
November 12, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Big 'Road Safety Delivery' report at Edinburgh's Transport and Environment Committee on 12/11. It also covers speed limits, school travel plans and pedestrian crossings.
You can read the agenda & our deputation calling for more resources and priority for these areas via:- bit.ly/4p50ns4
You can read the agenda & our deputation calling for more resources and priority for these areas via:- bit.ly/4p50ns4
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CORRECTION; this is tomorrow, 12th Nov
#Fountainbridge / #DundeeStreet 🚲 lanes
Drop-in TODAY Tue 11 Nov
1-6.30pm, Fountainbridge Library
--> consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/dundee-s...
@edi.bike @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk @edcriticalmass.bsky.social @agordonsalive.bsky.social @davidfkey.bsky.social @sw20.info @edfoc.bsky.social
Drop-in TODAY Tue 11 Nov
1-6.30pm, Fountainbridge Library
--> consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/dundee-s...
@edi.bike @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk @edcriticalmass.bsky.social @agordonsalive.bsky.social @davidfkey.bsky.social @sw20.info @edfoc.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
CORRECTION; this is tomorrow, 12th Nov
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#Fountainbridge / #DundeeStreet 🚲 lanes
Drop-in TODAY Tue 11 Nov
1-6.30pm, Fountainbridge Library
--> consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/dundee-s...
@edi.bike @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk @edcriticalmass.bsky.social @agordonsalive.bsky.social @davidfkey.bsky.social @sw20.info @edfoc.bsky.social
Drop-in TODAY Tue 11 Nov
1-6.30pm, Fountainbridge Library
--> consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/dundee-s...
@edi.bike @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk @edcriticalmass.bsky.social @agordonsalive.bsky.social @davidfkey.bsky.social @sw20.info @edfoc.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 11:08 AM
#Fountainbridge / #DundeeStreet 🚲 lanes
Drop-in TODAY Tue 11 Nov
1-6.30pm, Fountainbridge Library
--> consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/dundee-s...
@edi.bike @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk @edcriticalmass.bsky.social @agordonsalive.bsky.social @davidfkey.bsky.social @sw20.info @edfoc.bsky.social
Drop-in TODAY Tue 11 Nov
1-6.30pm, Fountainbridge Library
--> consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/dundee-s...
@edi.bike @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk @edcriticalmass.bsky.social @agordonsalive.bsky.social @davidfkey.bsky.social @sw20.info @edfoc.bsky.social
Public meeting NEXT WEEK:
Join us Monday 17 Nov 7pm to discuss local issues.
📍#Merchiston Tennis 7 Bowling Club
🗣️Residents invited to raise concerns
✅ Get updates from the Polwarth junction project, licensing, policing & Ward Councillor's reports
#Polwarth #Bruntsfield #Shandon #Fountainbridge
Join us Monday 17 Nov 7pm to discuss local issues.
📍#Merchiston Tennis 7 Bowling Club
🗣️Residents invited to raise concerns
✅ Get updates from the Polwarth junction project, licensing, policing & Ward Councillor's reports
#Polwarth #Bruntsfield #Shandon #Fountainbridge
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Public meeting NEXT WEEK:
Join us Monday 17 Nov 7pm to discuss local issues.
📍#Merchiston Tennis 7 Bowling Club
🗣️Residents invited to raise concerns
✅ Get updates from the Polwarth junction project, licensing, policing & Ward Councillor's reports
#Polwarth #Bruntsfield #Shandon #Fountainbridge
Join us Monday 17 Nov 7pm to discuss local issues.
📍#Merchiston Tennis 7 Bowling Club
🗣️Residents invited to raise concerns
✅ Get updates from the Polwarth junction project, licensing, policing & Ward Councillor's reports
#Polwarth #Bruntsfield #Shandon #Fountainbridge
Cleaning the environment and you get sweeties!
Fishing sweets out of the union canal after the flotilla has become a new tradition for us.
November 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Cleaning the environment and you get sweeties!
Tonight!
This year, the Flotilla of Lights will take place on the Union Canal, in Edinburgh, on Saturday 8 November starting from Harrison Park at 6.30pm, and making way,... slowly, towards Edinburgh Quay (by the Leamington Lift bridge). Don't miss it!
More info www.whatsoninedinburgh.co.uk/event/106089...
More info www.whatsoninedinburgh.co.uk/event/106089...
November 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Tonight!
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🆓 Did you know you can borrow a electric cargo bike FOR FREE to transport people 👩👧👦or bulky/heavy things 📦
@banzaiedinburgh.bsky.social has this fab cargo bike library service based in Bruntsfield and you can get started with a quick sign up
banzaiedinburgh.org.uk/banzai-cargo...
@banzaiedinburgh.bsky.social has this fab cargo bike library service based in Bruntsfield and you can get started with a quick sign up
banzaiedinburgh.org.uk/banzai-cargo...
October 29, 2025 at 11:54 AM
🆓 Did you know you can borrow a electric cargo bike FOR FREE to transport people 👩👧👦or bulky/heavy things 📦
@banzaiedinburgh.bsky.social has this fab cargo bike library service based in Bruntsfield and you can get started with a quick sign up
banzaiedinburgh.org.uk/banzai-cargo...
@banzaiedinburgh.bsky.social has this fab cargo bike library service based in Bruntsfield and you can get started with a quick sign up
banzaiedinburgh.org.uk/banzai-cargo...
It only takes some simple measures to make streets safer for people walking, wheeling and cycling to school.
So why is it so hard? 🤔
So why is it so hard? 🤔
💥School Street safety and getting the basics right!💥
A lot of this came up at @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social coffee morning in Slateford/Longstone Church this morning & relates to safety of our children/older residents movements in the community. /1
A lot of this came up at @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social coffee morning in Slateford/Longstone Church this morning & relates to safety of our children/older residents movements in the community. /1
November 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
It only takes some simple measures to make streets safer for people walking, wheeling and cycling to school.
So why is it so hard? 🤔
So why is it so hard? 🤔
This year, the Flotilla of Lights will take place on the Union Canal, in Edinburgh, on Saturday 8 November starting from Harrison Park at 6.30pm, and making way,... slowly, towards Edinburgh Quay (by the Leamington Lift bridge). Don't miss it!
More info www.whatsoninedinburgh.co.uk/event/106089...
More info www.whatsoninedinburgh.co.uk/event/106089...
November 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
This year, the Flotilla of Lights will take place on the Union Canal, in Edinburgh, on Saturday 8 November starting from Harrison Park at 6.30pm, and making way,... slowly, towards Edinburgh Quay (by the Leamington Lift bridge). Don't miss it!
More info www.whatsoninedinburgh.co.uk/event/106089...
More info www.whatsoninedinburgh.co.uk/event/106089...
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🎄 Save the date: On 29 & 30 November we will be hosting our annual Christmas Market and Open Days ❄️
With local craftspeople exhibiting over the weekend, you're guaranteed to find something for someone on your list - or for yourself!
https://f.mtr.cool/ctoshuzaex
With local craftspeople exhibiting over the weekend, you're guaranteed to find something for someone on your list - or for yourself!
https://f.mtr.cool/ctoshuzaex
November 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🎄 Save the date: On 29 & 30 November we will be hosting our annual Christmas Market and Open Days ❄️
With local craftspeople exhibiting over the weekend, you're guaranteed to find something for someone on your list - or for yourself!
https://f.mtr.cool/ctoshuzaex
With local craftspeople exhibiting over the weekend, you're guaranteed to find something for someone on your list - or for yourself!
https://f.mtr.cool/ctoshuzaex
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Unmatched carved vegetable game in the Shandon colonies
October 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Unmatched carved vegetable game in the Shandon colonies
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LSEG are pleased to host an online meeting to hear about what Edinburgh Council's Dundee Street/Fountainbridge active travel scheme means for walking and wheeling.
Join us at 2.00pm, Monday, 3 November on Zoom- book your place here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us at 2.00pm, Monday, 3 November on Zoom- book your place here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 26, 2025 at 9:12 AM
LSEG are pleased to host an online meeting to hear about what Edinburgh Council's Dundee Street/Fountainbridge active travel scheme means for walking and wheeling.
Join us at 2.00pm, Monday, 3 November on Zoom- book your place here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us at 2.00pm, Monday, 3 November on Zoom- book your place here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Autumnal scenes on Holy Corner
October 26, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Autumnal scenes on Holy Corner
The Pianodrome Bruntsfield Community Hub, in the St Oswald’s Centre in Bruntsfield opens on Friday 24 October and will be open on Fridays and Saturdays from 10-5pm.
A brand new key – Pianodrome finds harmony in Bruntsfield
The thought of looming deadlines really concentrates the mind. This weekend, the Pianodrome team opens the Pianodrome Bruntsfield Community Hub at the St Oswald’s Centre, and those involved are working vigorously to get the venue ready for…
The thought of looming deadlines really concentrates the mind. This weekend, the Pianodrome team opens the Pianodrome Bruntsfield Community Hub at the St Oswald’s Centre, and those involved are working vigorously to get the venue ready for…
A brand new key – Pianodrome finds harmony in Bruntsfield
The thought of looming deadlines really concentrates the mind. This weekend, the Pianodrome team opens the Pianodrome Bruntsfield Community Hub at the St Oswald’s Centre, and those involved are working vigorously to get the venue ready for Friday’s ‘soft’ launch. As I gingerly stepped into the hall on Tuesday, the air was thick with the competing aromas of fresh paint (from the doors) and the rich scent of linseed oil, applied to the floor.
theedinburghreporter.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The Pianodrome Bruntsfield Community Hub, in the St Oswald’s Centre in Bruntsfield opens on Friday 24 October and will be open on Fridays and Saturdays from 10-5pm.
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❄️Last call for Christmas Market Stallholders❄️
Deadline for applications: 27 October at noon
https://f.mtr.cool/flssfaqdda
EP Christmas Market and Open Days
29&30 November
Deadline for applications: 27 October at noon
https://f.mtr.cool/flssfaqdda
EP Christmas Market and Open Days
29&30 November
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
❄️Last call for Christmas Market Stallholders❄️
Deadline for applications: 27 October at noon
https://f.mtr.cool/flssfaqdda
EP Christmas Market and Open Days
29&30 November
Deadline for applications: 27 October at noon
https://f.mtr.cool/flssfaqdda
EP Christmas Market and Open Days
29&30 November
Looks like a win for the Longstone community!
Images from the presentation on the Longstone Link bridge project at our meeting on Monday. Feasibility works completed early 2025. Favoured deck width to secure funding from Transport Scotland is 5m. Minimises conflicts between users.
October 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Looks like a win for the Longstone community!
Join us tomorrow! 🗓️ MDCC Public Meeting - Tues 21 Oct, 7pm
at Polwarth Tennis & Bowling Clubhouse
Discuss Harrison Rd closure 🚧 Polwarth Junction redesign 🚶♀️
Tram extension 🚊 & more!
Meet ward councillors & Raise any concerns 💬 at Residents' Forum. All welcome! 👋 #Edinburgh #Community
at Polwarth Tennis & Bowling Clubhouse
Discuss Harrison Rd closure 🚧 Polwarth Junction redesign 🚶♀️
Tram extension 🚊 & more!
Meet ward councillors & Raise any concerns 💬 at Residents' Forum. All welcome! 👋 #Edinburgh #Community
October 20, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Join us tomorrow! 🗓️ MDCC Public Meeting - Tues 21 Oct, 7pm
at Polwarth Tennis & Bowling Clubhouse
Discuss Harrison Rd closure 🚧 Polwarth Junction redesign 🚶♀️
Tram extension 🚊 & more!
Meet ward councillors & Raise any concerns 💬 at Residents' Forum. All welcome! 👋 #Edinburgh #Community
at Polwarth Tennis & Bowling Clubhouse
Discuss Harrison Rd closure 🚧 Polwarth Junction redesign 🚶♀️
Tram extension 🚊 & more!
Meet ward councillors & Raise any concerns 💬 at Residents' Forum. All welcome! 👋 #Edinburgh #Community
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Leaf clearing volunteers welcome! 🍂
Autumn is just around the corner. Our successful leaf clearing project depends on the commitment and goodwill of residents. We supply all the tools and coordinate collection!
Learn more: merchistoncc.org.uk/leaf-clearin...
Autumn is just around the corner. Our successful leaf clearing project depends on the commitment and goodwill of residents. We supply all the tools and coordinate collection!
Learn more: merchistoncc.org.uk/leaf-clearin...
September 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Leaf clearing volunteers welcome! 🍂
Autumn is just around the corner. Our successful leaf clearing project depends on the commitment and goodwill of residents. We supply all the tools and coordinate collection!
Learn more: merchistoncc.org.uk/leaf-clearin...
Autumn is just around the corner. Our successful leaf clearing project depends on the commitment and goodwill of residents. We supply all the tools and coordinate collection!
Learn more: merchistoncc.org.uk/leaf-clearin...
The long awaited plans to improve footpaths and cycle safety on Dundee street and fountainbridge are now available to view and for public feedback! Includes new crossings at diggers junction and yesman place.
You can find out more about the consultation and our plans on our website: www.edinburgh.gov.uk/news/article...
Consultation on new active travel infrastructure in Fountainbridge begins
Consultation on new active travel infrastructure in Fountainbridge begins
www.edinburgh.gov.uk
October 9, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The long awaited plans to improve footpaths and cycle safety on Dundee street and fountainbridge are now available to view and for public feedback! Includes new crossings at diggers junction and yesman place.
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A happy Saturday to everyone. In Christ Church, just a few moments stroll from us, the third #Edinburgh Womens Fiction Festival will be holding events all day today, give them some love & support if you can! www.edwomensficfest.co.uk
#Bruntsfield #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #books #livres
#Bruntsfield #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #books #livres
Edinburgh Women's Fiction Festival
www.edwomensficfest.co.uk
September 27, 2025 at 9:37 AM
A happy Saturday to everyone. In Christ Church, just a few moments stroll from us, the third #Edinburgh Womens Fiction Festival will be holding events all day today, give them some love & support if you can! www.edwomensficfest.co.uk
#Bruntsfield #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #books #livres
#Bruntsfield #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #books #livres
This is very concerning. We hope the cyclist is ok and that the driver stopped. The volume of vehicles on residential streets is very high in this area. And many drivers don't give way at junctions, creating risks for pedestrians including school children, cyclists and everyone else...
Saw a cyclist get hit by a driver incorrectly taking priority at the junction of Viewforth and Bruntsfield Place this morning.
This junction is a nightmare due to drivers parking at it and Viewforth can't handle bidirectional traffic.
Previous efforts with local govt have told me it's fine. So..
This junction is a nightmare due to drivers parking at it and Viewforth can't handle bidirectional traffic.
Previous efforts with local govt have told me it's fine. So..
September 26, 2025 at 9:55 AM
This is very concerning. We hope the cyclist is ok and that the driver stopped. The volume of vehicles on residential streets is very high in this area. And many drivers don't give way at junctions, creating risks for pedestrians including school children, cyclists and everyone else...
🚪Don't miss Doors Open Days in Edinburgh this weekend. Explore some fascinating local buildings in our district including @edinburghprints.bsky.social , Morningside United Church, St Peter's Catholic Church & The Edinburgh Steiner School Kindergarten.
Map & details: www.doorsopendays.org.uk
Map & details: www.doorsopendays.org.uk
Doors Open Days | Unlock Scotland this September!
Doors Open Days is Scotland’s largest free festival that celebrates places and stories, new and old.
www.doorsopendays.org.uk
September 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
🚪Don't miss Doors Open Days in Edinburgh this weekend. Explore some fascinating local buildings in our district including @edinburghprints.bsky.social , Morningside United Church, St Peter's Catholic Church & The Edinburgh Steiner School Kindergarten.
Map & details: www.doorsopendays.org.uk
Map & details: www.doorsopendays.org.uk
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Only 16% of people understand key Highway Code rules designed to keep everyone safe.
TfL have a new campaign aims to raise awareness of the Highway Code, highlighting key rules designed to protect people walking, cycling & motorcycling.
TfL have a new campaign aims to raise awareness of the Highway Code, highlighting key rules designed to protect people walking, cycling & motorcycling.
September 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Only 16% of people understand key Highway Code rules designed to keep everyone safe.
TfL have a new campaign aims to raise awareness of the Highway Code, highlighting key rules designed to protect people walking, cycling & motorcycling.
TfL have a new campaign aims to raise awareness of the Highway Code, highlighting key rules designed to protect people walking, cycling & motorcycling.
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Good morning, from the Union Canal.
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Good morning, from the Union Canal.
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Misty sunrise on Bruntsfield Links
September 24, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Misty sunrise on Bruntsfield Links