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Updates from Abbey St Bathans, Bonkyl & Preston
FREE Swimming Lessons for Children and Reduced Membership Rates
Free Swimming Lessons & Reduced Rate Membership Abbey St. Bathans, Bonkyl and Preston Community Council have funding to offer free swimming lessons and reduced cost memberships at Duns...
Dog Fouling – Help Keep our Community Clean
BAG IT - TIE IT - BIN IT You MUST put your dog on a lead if you are walking your dog near arable fields Can we REMIND you that dog fouling is ILLEGAL and has an impact on the health and well-being...
Ellemford Show 27 September 2025
Industrial Section – Saturday 27th September 2025 For Children and Grown-ups, enter your baking, crafts, artwork and vegetables. The Ellemford Show is a vibrant, wee Agricultural Show with a big fan...
Mobile Library – Preston Village
A mobile library will visit Preston every two weeks on Tuesday afternoon from 2:45pm to 3pm. The library will be located in Law View for the 15 minutes it is in Preston. For dates this year please...
Preston Village Book Exchange
The Preston village book exchange has now been set up in the old village phone box. Please feel free to swap your books & DVD's so everyone in the village can enjoy them. This has taken a while...
Swimming grant awarded by ABPCC
Keira travelled to Aberdeen on the 10th April 2024 for 5 days of competition with 11swims at the Scottish National Age Group Swimming Championships. This event attracts talented age group swimmers...
Cumledge Mill – Resilience Shed
After a delay due to the recent wet weather, the Resilience Shed in Cumledge Mill is now ready for use. The Cumledge Mill housing association were granted funding by ABPCC to erect a shed to store...
Preston Village Hall – Improvements
Planning consent for the improvements to Preston Village Hall has now been received from Scottish Borders Council (SBC). Once indicative costs have been received from the Quantity Surveyor the plan...
COABP Spring Newsletter
We will be posting out our first Community of Abbey, Bonkyl & Preston (COABP) newsletter in the next few days. Please keep an eye out for our colourful publication dropping through your...