Priority Pavement Gritting and Clearance Routes

The South West's Neighbourhood Teams have been doing a lot of work with the citywide teams over the past months to improve the overall response to any severe winter weather in Edinburgh, such as the snow fall we experienced last winter. Part of their work has been identifying and reviewing Footway categories and routes in the South West area for our local snow clearance and gritting squads.

Priority footways are those that have been identified as having a high level of usage or provide access to priority locations as identified by local residents through our consultations. By "priority locations" we mean such things as schools, hospitals, medical facilities, care homes, blood transfusion centres, bus depots and the like.

For details of priority routes in our neighbourhood and the rest of South West Edinburgh visit the Neighbourhood Partnership website.

Article Posted on 15/01/12

Major Road Closures on 15th & 16th September 2010

Temporary Traffic Regulation Orders have been set in place by City of Edinburgh Council for certain roads affected by Pope's visit on 16th September 2010.

The attached PDF document shows all roads affected. In particular, Balgreen Road and Stevenson Road will be affected in its entirety on both 15th and 16th September.

Public transport will be affected on these days. Visit Lothian Buses website for more details, or pop into one of their shops.

Article Posted on 04/09/10

Saughton Skatepark WINS Award!

Edinburgh Skatepark Project (ESP) regarding Saughton Skatepark has received
a Nancy Ovens Trust Award for Play in autumn 2010, along with a bronze plaque.

The Nancy Ovens Trust was set up in honour of Nancy Ovens MBE, who established the National Centre for Play under the auspices of Edinburgh 's Moray House, where she was formerly a lecturer.

It has even been hailed as the best skatepark in Scotland, if not the whole of the UK, by leading figures in the skateboarding community.

Sam Paterson of the Edinburgh Skatepark Project said: "We are delighted to receive this award recognising the huge positive impact that the skatepark has made in the community. The numbers of park users, young and old has been beyond expectations and it's great to see such a diverse group of people coming together, getting some exercise and enjoying themselves."

Article Updated 06/02/11

Major Fire – Saughton Mains Park, Blocks 1 & 3

On Friday, 29th January, Lothian & Borders Fire & Rescue (L&BF&R) were on site, the fire was contained but L&BF&R had concerns with particular areas within the blocks.

1. Scaffolding up - end of August 10

2. Roof completed - December 10

3. All work completed, flats in move in condition - July 11

The July date is highly dependent on the drying out period which is difficult to accurately predict.

The following information gives details on residents affected:
-           16 properties affected in total
-           34 residents affected in total
-           6 referrals made to temp accommodation (9 people in total)

If you require any further information, please contact,  Debbie Herbertson, Housing & Regeneration Manager, 0131 527 3802, mobile, 07771 910192 or Kerry McGill, Business Manager, 0131 527 3856, mobile 07515 636480.

Above article sourced from City of Edinburgh Council.

Article Updated on 04/09/10

Outdoor Skatepark at Saughton Park

Skatepark officially opened on Saturday 8th May by Councillor Deirdrie Block, Convener of the Culture and Leisure Committee.

Please click here for information.

Article Updated on 20/01/10

Community Council Elections

PC Neil Doig, in his capacity as the Returning Officer, welcomed all 'current' and new members to the Community Council. New to the Community Council are Iain Donaldson, Anne Stevenson. Nominated members are now Gorgie Baptist Church and St Salvador's Church.

Article Updated on 14/11/09

New Bus Routes to Hermiston Gait

Edinburgh Council’s Transport, Infrastructure and Environment Committee met on 28th July and confirmed that two buses (Numbers 2 and 20) will now go to Hermiston Gait.

Please click here for more information.

Article Updated on 02/08/09

Dog Fouling

Thank you to the majority of dog owners who remove their dog’s pooh in a responsible way!  Apart from being a messy nuisance, it proves a considerable health risk, especially to children.  You can report dog fouling to the Council Environmental Wardens on 0131 527 3817 or 0131 529 3422.

Article Posted on 02/08/09

25th Anniversary of Stenhouse Community Council

	We wanted to celebrate our 25th Anniversary with the community. So we were very pleased to present Stenhouse Primary School with a trophy which will be awarded each year to the winner of the school's Robert Burns Poetry Reading Competition. This is the first year of the competition so we'd like to say a big 'Thank You' to all who took part!
We are very pleased to tell you that the winner was Lee McGregor, the runners up Amy Meechan, Ramsay McCall and Megan Douglas who all received book tokens.

Article Posted on 22/03/09

Stenhouse Primary School

P6 Lagganlia Visit
Visited in February and the snow was brilliant and fun to play in.
The instructors are very kind. They are also very experienced. Since it had snowed, we had a chance to do cross country skiing. Other activities we did included snowboarding, skiing, hiking, archery and rock climbing, as well as night activities.

Choir
On Thursday 26th of February we spent the morning at St Cuthbert’s Church singing in the Edinburgh Festival of Music Speech and Dance. We entered into three classes; Scots Songs, Hymn Singing and Primary School Choirs.

We came second in two classes and first in the Scots Song competition. We have the ‘William Baird’ trophy to display for a year.

Although only the choir members performed, their success reflects the quality of singing across the whole school.

Above extract taken from Stenhouse Primary School's website.

Article Posted on 20/03/09

PC Neil Doig MBE

The Jane’s Police Review Gala Awards are the most prestigious and high-profile of their kind for recognising excellence in police forces across the whole of the United Kingdom. The winners were announced at their dinner on Thursday 13th November 2008 at The Royal Horticultural Halls in London. 

We are very proud that PC Neil Doig, one of our Community Beat Officers, was nominated for The Community Police Officer of the Year Award. Although not a winner this time, impressively he was one of only two officers nominated (from the whole Scottish police force!).

Article Posted on 21/01/09

Saughton Mains Residents Association

Summer Fayre Day : Saturday 30th August 2008

Saughton Mains Residents Association has been organising an annual community fayre now for several years as a means of bringing both our community and also our neighbouring communities together. 

Each year we try to provide something for all ages and amongst last years attractions were a pipe band, children's fairground rides and bouncy castle, also various stalls which included a tombola, home baking and face painting.  For the first time we had a children’s magician and this proved to be extremely popular especially with the younger children!

Pensioners Xmas Party: Saturday 6th December

From monies raised at previous fayre days we put on a Pensioners Xmas Party which was again held in the primary school and all the pensioners hopefully enjoyed themselves.

Christmas Party donations

We were also able to give the school a donation towards their Christmas parties and we received some lovely thank you letters from the children afterwards telling us how much they enjoyed themselves. The Primary 7’s went to the cinema and the younger children had their parties in the school.

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Email: saughtonmains.info@gmail.com

Article Posted on 15/02/09