Due to adverse weather warnings for today we’ve had to cancel all entertainment planned for today’s event.
We have to prioritise the safety of the performers and community, and are hugely disappointed to have to change our plans.
Lights will still be switched on at 4:15pm.
Road Repairs and Traffic Calming – A member of Stirling Council roads team will be present to update on upcoming work to Henderson street. Police report –Covering 11th October to 18th November, read it here Residents voice Christmas Lights 🌟❄️🎄 Our Bridge of Allan Planning Planning report Updates from Community Organisations Reports: Chair, Secretary and Treasurer AOCB
After consultation in the summer of 2023, and the sharing of their planting plan, The University of Edinburgh Drumbrae team would like to invite the local community to come along to a community meeting to hear from some of the team who are working at the site.
Come along on November 22nd at 7-8.30 at the Parish Church and find out what has been happening so far, what is coming up, how you can get involved and share your feedback. They would also love to hear what people would like to see in our community woodland space at Cocksburn Wood.
You can find more information about Drumbrae on the website and Story Map here.
Drumbrae Community meeting posterNearby to the Drunbrae site there is a Scottish Water tree planting scheme at Cocksburn. This will involve 3.38 hectares of land surrounding the reservoir, as highlighted on the map below. The aim is to create a woodland that compliments the existing habitats and footpaths in the area, and it is anticipated that planting would take place towards the end of 2024. This would involve a team of planters hand screefing the soil to create a better condition for the saplings and upgrading the existing stock fence to a deer fence to protect the trees.
The team will then plant the trees with tree shelters and stakes in the strip to the south outside the deer fence. This work will take place over a couple weeks. Access to the reservoir for recreational purposes should not be affected and we will exclude the existing access routes from planting.
Do let us know if you have any questions about the Cocksburn scheme, and come along to the Edinburgh University event on November the 22nd.
Cocksburn Draft Woodland Design 2024_02_15
Some fun events on in the village this weekend
Saturday 2nd @ 11am is the Scouts, Cubs, Beavers and Squirrels Fun Day .
Then in the evening also on the second we also have the Fair Trade fundraising Ceilidh starting at 7.30 at the Parich Church.
Looking to find out whats on in the village, check out the Whats on Bridge of Allan Facebook page, and our events page.
With huge thanks to the community of Bridge of Allan we are delighted to confirm that the community bid for ownership of Sunnylaw has now concluded, with the Meadow finally in community ownership.
Thanks to the overwhelming community support for a purchase, we submitted a bid to the owners of the land at closing date on 27 March, and after a nail biting wait we were notified that our bid was successful. Since then we’ve been working with our local lawyers, Mailers, to finalise the details and close the purchase. We want to take the opportunity now to thank Alasdair Mackie of Mailers for the support he’s provided to us on working through the offer and purchase in the last 8 months – we really couldn’t have done this without him.
Amanda Coulthard, chair of the Bridge of Allan Community Council, says: “The community purchase would not have been successful without the support of the residents of Bridge of Allan, whether that was offering words of support, completing and sharing our survey, offering a financial donation to support the purchase, putting up posters in the community or joining the action group who led the work.”
The land is held in trust for the community by Discover Bridge of Allan, our local Development Trust. To ensure you’re involved in decisions, and have the opportunity to have your say, please sign up for free membership if you haven’t already.
Discover Bridge of Allan chair, Euan Bain, adds “this purchase shows the commitment and passion of local residents to protect our wonderful community and make it better. Individual residents generously donated their own money to make this purchase happen, and the wider community have, and will continue to, inform and influence plans for the future of Sunnylaw meadow. I would like to personally thank Amanda Coulthard for her passion and determination to see this to conclusion. Her commitment to the betterment of our community is inspiring “
