Juniper Green Village Association

 

Representing Juniper Green and Baberton Mains

 

 

 

 

 

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Interact

 

Visit the Facebook page to post a message or photo. Comment on a local issue, let everyone know what’s on or just talk about life in general. Comments can also be made in reply to any posting.

 

If you are a community group, association, charity, business or are a resident in Juniper Green or Baberton Mains and would like to be linked to from this site, or have a page on it, please contact us.

 

 

 

News

 

 

News and updates will now be posted on our Facebook page which can be found here . Comments and contributions from all are very welcome.

 

News Archive

 

 

 

The Association

 

 

Juniper Green Village Association (JGVA) is the community group representing Juniper Green and Baberton Mains. The Association is a charitable unincorporated association (Scottish Charity Number SC006794). Our purpose is to enhance the cultural and social life of the community.

 

 

 

Community Council

 

 

The Association is pleased to host information for the Juniper Green & Baberton Mains Community Council including news and details of meeting agenda and minutes.

 

 

 

Contact Us

 

Our email address is post@junipergreen.org.uk (Note: the link on this page is not clickable to minimise abuse by spam emailers).

 

 

 

About

Juniper Green

 

The Wikipedia entry

 

History of area and village

 

The Juniper Green Conservation Area Character Appraisal

 

Leaflet historical sites and natural history features of Juniper Green

 

 

 

Find and see

Juniper Green

 

 

Map and satellite images

 

 

 

Business

 

 

Local business directory

 

 

 

Community

 

 

The neighbouring communities of Currie and Colinton are represented by:

 

Colinton Amenity Association

 

Currie Community Council

 

The community sits in the in the Pentlands Neighbourhood Partnership area. There are 12 Neighbourhood Partnerships in Edinburgh. Each Neighbourhood Partnership is made up of a core membership including local Councillors representing the Council and representatives from the Police, Health, the voluntary sector and the local community, represented by Community Councils.

 

 

 

 

Cultural

 

 

The Village Hall is a local community education centre and cultural facility.

 

 

 

Education

 

Juniper Green Primary School

 

Currie High School

 

 

 

History

 

History of the area researched by Juniper Green 300 during 2007

 

 

 

Politics

 

Juniper Green and Baberton Mains is in the Pentlands Ward of the City of Edinburgh Council. Our Councillors are: Alastair Paisley (Con) , Ronald Cairns (SNP) and  Ricky Henderson (Labour)

 

The Member of the Scottish Parliament is David McLetchie MSP (Edinburgh Pentlands)

 

The Member of Parliament is the Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP (Edinburgh South West)

 

 

 

Projects

 

A Community Woodland named “Dr MacKay’s Wood” has been created. This is the Information Display on the site. The woodland is on Lanark Road opposite the junction with Baberton Crescent.

 

Also ongoing are projects to erect a Monument celebrating the tercentennial at Baberton Avenue / Belmont Road and new name signs at each end of Juniper Green on the Lanark Road.

 

 

 

Religion

 

Juniper Green Parish Church

 

 

 

Social

 

Currie & Balerno News

 

 

 

Sports

 

Golf Club

 

Bowling Club

 

Tennis Club

 

 

 

What’s On

 

Email post@junipergreen.org.uk to add your event here or go to our  Facebook page to upload the details. (Note: the link on this page is not clickable to minimise abuse by spam emailers).

 

 

 

 

The Association I About I Business I Community Council I Community I Contact Us I Cultural

Education I Find I History I Interact I News I Politics I Projects I Religion I Social I Sports I What’s On