Gorebridge Links
Below is a list of the links to Gorbridge Community Development Trust affiliated websites.
Business Support
- Heritage Lottery Fund - The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) enables communities to celebrate, look after and learn more about our diverse heritage.
- Sustrans - Sustainable Transport Charity
- National Statistics - Statistics for communities and regions across the UK.
- Vogrie Country Park - Vogrie Country Park retains much of it’s character as a Victorian parkland estate, with sweeping carriage drives, beautifully landscaped vistas, an original walled garden and the baronial styled Vogrie House.
Childcare
- Moorfoot Out of School Club - The Moorfoot Out of School Club (MOOSC) already has a sister club - the Heriot Out of School Club (HOOSC) based in Heriot, Midlothian. The MOOSC will operate from the new Middleton Community Hall. The MOOSC and the HOOSC are part of the funstitution.com (website coming - website being designed by local company - The Black Cat Company). Information about the clubs will be availabe on the website.
- Clover Country Nursery - The nursery is a converted Victorian primary school in the picturesque conservation village of Fala. There is easy access from the A68, and ample parking at the nursery means that dropping off and picking up your child is safe and stress free.
Community Groups and Support
- Gorebridge Opportunities - Voluntary organisation in Gorebridge that works with young people
- MVA - Midlothian Voluntary Advice
- Citizens Advice Bureaux - The Citizens Advice service helps people resolve their legal, money and other problems by providing free information.
- Awards for All - Grants for Community Groups & Activities
- Volunteer Centre Midlothian - Volunteer Centre Midlothian is a charitable organisation which recruits and places volunteers with voluntary/community groups and statutory organisations in Midlothian. VCM acts as a 'job centre' for voluntary work, matching the skills, experience and enthusiasm of local people seeking voluntary work to groups and organisations needing their help.
- Black Diamond Fm - Community Radio for Midlothian: 107.8FM
- Birchwood Estate - Website providing information on the estate and local events.
Conservation / Environment
- Forestry Commission - Forestry Commission Official Website
- WREN - Waste Recycling Environmental Limited (WREN) website
Government & Statutory Agencies
Health & Safety
Leisure and Tourism
- Arniston House - Arniston has been the home of the Dundas family for over four hundred years. The present owners, direct descendants of the first occupants, take pride in opening their home with its wonderful architecture, and period contents.
- Ivory House - Accomodation for tourists in Gorebridge
- Visit Scotland - Scottish Tourist Board
- www.edinburgh.org - Edinburgh Tourist Board
- Midlothian Tourist Information - Tourist activities and places to stay in Midlothian
- Rosslyn Chapel - Rosslyn Chapel was founded in 1446 by Sir William St Clair, third and last St Clair Prince of Orkney.
- Scottish Mining Museum - The Scottish Mining Museum is a nationally registered independent museum which was founded to preserve and present Scotland's mining heritage.
- Crichton Castle - Built as the lordly residence of the Crichtons and later home to the Earls of Bothwell. Stunning 16th century courtyard façade.
- Borthwick Castle Hotel - For nearly 600 years Borthwick Castle has overlooked the gently rolling hills on the edge of the romantic Scottish Borders. One can easily imagine that Mary Queen of Scots looked from her bedchamber window onto a very similar landscape in the 16th Century.
Local Government & Agencies
Local Information
Local Transport