Volunteers needed

Can you spare a couple of hours on Saturday morning once a month? If so we'd love you to join us. There are always plenty of jobs to be done, and not enough volunteers to do them.

Next session - 26th April

See our Volunteering page for dates and other information

Local Hero Award

Alison Carr received her local hero award from Ian Murray MP on Friday, 28th March.

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Newsletter 69

Newsletter 69, Spring 2025, is now published and can be found here.

Older Newsletters

Older Newsletters can be found on our Newsletters page.

New toilets

Update December 2024

New permanent toilets are proposed for the Meadows, at the south end of Middle Meadow Walk. Hopefully they will be installed by the end of 2025.

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Projects

FoMBL works with other agencies on a variety of projects in the Meadows and Bruntsfield Links. Read the latest report (February 2025) here

Tree Group Activity

Volunteers are also welcomed by the Tree Group who meet every Friday at 1:30 pm at the Cricket Pavilion. (Contact projects@fombl.org.uk)

See what they have done and plan to do.

See the latest TreeGroup newsletter, 14th August, here.

Wild flower Meadows

Thanks to relaxed mowing the Links Wildflower meadow has done quite well this summer with a good range of pollinators growing amongst tall grasses which in themselves are also valuable pollinators.Read more here

Playgrounds

Have you seen the new toddlers' playground on Bruntsfield Links?

See the big picture

Jawbones?

We won't see the original Jawbones on the Meadows again, but we might see a replica. Read more...

Storm Tank

Scottish Water have started construction of a storm tank on Bruntsfield Links between Warrender Park Terrace and Leamington Walk. Read more....

Our Leaflet

See our introductory leaflet

Area character appraisal

The Marchmont, Meadows & Bruntsfield Conservation Area Character Appraisal is now available here (8.4MB, opens new window)

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Payment by Text

It is now possible to make donations to FoMBL by text message.

See the details