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Corstorphine Fair opportunities

Calling all community groups and businesses!

Applications to join Corstorphine Fair 2026 will be closing soon, so if you’d like to be involved, now’s the time to get in touch!

Our small team is working hard behind the scenes to work through a huge number of enquiries, thank you for your patience and support

Community groups or registered charities:

Apply here https://forms.gle/nmgAWC3SXgdiKTHQ8

Businesses interested in taking part:

Please email corsfair@hotmail.com

Please note: We are now no longer accepting applications for craft stalls.

We’ve had a fantastic response so far, but we’d still love to give more groups, organisations and businesses the opportunity to be part of this year’s fair.

Corstorphine Fair is dedicated to supporting the local community, so why not get involved?

Looking for more information? Visit: www.CorstorphineFair.org.uk

6th June

11am – 4pm

St Margaret’s Park, Edinburgh

30 days to go!

Seated Gentle Exercise at Corstorphine Community Centre

TUESDAYS 12.45 – 1.35PM

Due to popular demand, CCC is delighted to announce a new Seated Gentle Exercise Class every Tuesday, starting 12th May.

12.45 – 1.35pm (50 mins). Cost £2 per class. See poster for registration details.

Thanks, CCC

MS Awareness Week event at Corstorphine Community Centre

THURSDAY 23rd APRIL drop-in from 10am – 1pm

CCC have joined forces with the MS Society to offer some activities, information and a safe space to come and have a chat and find out more.

Join us on the 23rd April 10am-1pm. No need to book

Drop in

Corstorphine Library: Mousey Morning with Fiona Lowry

THURSDAY 16th APRIL at 11am

This week Corstorphine Library are happy to be hosting children’s author Fiona Lowry for a great workshop for wee ones.

Come along at 11am on Thursday 16th April for a story, craft and scavenger hunt!

It is free to attend and perfect for 3-5 year olds.

Enrolling now: Edinburgh Dance Academy offers free taster lessons

Edinburgh Dance Academy, recently voted highest ranked dance school in the UK and Ireland are ENROLLING NOW!!!

All of our taster lessons are free to make sure that we are the right fit for any dancer, and this month we are offering …

TWO WEEKS FREE AT ALL EDA STUDIOS

We offer classes in: Pre School Dance, Teenie Toes (parent and child), RAD Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Competition Teams, Contemporary, Commercial, Acro, Turns, Limbering, Body Conditioning, Mini Musical Theatre, Progressing Ballet Technique, & our Everybody Dance Now (ASN class)!

We would love to have you join our amazing dance family!

For more information please get in touch.

Email hello@eda.scot to book your free taster lesson now!

Corstorphine Library: Easter Holiday Programme

Schools are out and we’ve got lots of fun children’s activities lined up for the next two weeks!

Note that we are closed on Friday and Monday for the public holidays, but are open on Saturday! Join us for a special Bookbug with your favourite cuddly toy. Slightly older kids will enjoy STEM Club and Board Games.

We’ll share more details of events next week.

2026 is the National Year of Reading – #GoAllIn

Tesco accident victim named

A pedestrian who died in a crash in the Corstorphine area has been named as Bill Hepburn, aged 66, from Edinburgh.

His family has asked for privacy and released the following statement:

“Our family are heartbroken at the loss of Bill who was a loving husband and father.”

The incident happened around 9am on Wednesday, 18 February, in a supermarket car park off Meadow Road Place and involved a blue Volkswagen Polo.

Sergeant Paul Ewing said: “Our thoughts remain with the family and friends of Bill and enquiries continue to establish the full circumstances.

“Anyone who has not spoken to us and has any information that could help is asked to get in touch with road policing officers via 101, quoting incident number 0688 of Wednesday, 18 February, 2026.”

Corstorphine Window Wanderland

28th FEBRUARY – 2nd MARCH

Corstorphine Window Wanderland is back for 2026

Once again it will brighten up the last weekend of February by transforming the streets of Corstorphine into a magical outdoor illuminated gallery for all to enjoy.

This is a FREE event and everyone is invited to take part – residents, schools, community groups and businesses. We hope you will alll get involved with decorating windows or wandering, or both!

Windows will be lit up between 6pm and 9pm on the evenings of Saturday 28 February, Sunday 1 & Monday 2 March 2026.

To take part in the event and add your window display to the map, please sign up on the website https://www.windowwanderland.com/event/corstorphine-2026/

Corstorphine Community Centre AGM

MONDAY 23rd FEBRUARY at 6pm

The CCC AGM will take place on Monday 23rd February at 6pm in the Centre. Non-members are very welcome to attend, if you would like to hear the reports and know more about the organisation, but you can’t vote.

If you live in Corstorphine you might like to become a member and be involved in how the organisation is governed. The Hub is owned by the community, through CCC members, so being a member really makes a difference.

Details of how to join and an application form can be found on the CCC website, and paper copies of the form can be found at the reception desk at the Hub.

Lectures and exhibitions at Corstorphine Library this month

For all of February, we are hosting an exhibition from the Edinburgh, Lothians and Borders Police Historical Society about Edinburgh & Leith during World War II.

To tie in with this, we have a lecture on Monday 9th February at 6:30pm delivered by Tom Wood: The Bombing of Edinburgh & Leith – 1939-1942. There is no need to book ahead and it is free to attend.

We are hosting a second lecture on 23rd February on The Memorial Roll about Edinburgh Police and the uncommemorated lives lost during World War II – more details to follow.

The author, Gerard McEwan, has generously donated a copy of this book which is part of our Local History collection. Access this collection in the library and other resources online with your library card!