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Updates from Abbey St Bathans, Bonkyl & Preston
Local Place Planning Youth Survey
We are asking young people between the ages of 14 to 25 to share their opinions on what matter to you.
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...
Preston Village Hall Closure
Preston Village Hall is now closed for refurbishment until spring 2025 Work will soon start on the upgrade of the village hall, which is anticipated to take about 6 months. During this time Abbey St...
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...
Mid-Berwickshire Community Housing Survey
As part of our place planning initiative we are gathering information from residents as to the housing needs in our community. We would appreciate if you could take a few minutes to complete this...
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...