UPDATES TO WEST PILTON PARK
CONSTRUCTION WORK AND PARK CLOSURE
Edinburgh & Lothians Greenspace Trust are holding a meeting at West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre on TUESDAY 25th AUGUST at 5pm to discuss the park development and for you to ask questions about YOUR park.
There is over £5 million being spent on re-developing the park and it will be closed until October/November 2027.
Come along, and have your say!
Local Friends group West Pilton Parklife have been working with Edinburgh and Lothian Greenspace Trust on the upgrading of West Pilton Park and they are excited about the latest news.
They said on Facebook: ‘Hello everyone, the works in the park begin next week!
‘Our engagement program will continue. Look out for ways to get involved in some of the park improvements over the summer.
‘We’ll be advertising opportunities around West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre‘
However concerns have been expressed that the park will now be closed during the school summer holidays, which begin next weekend.
The year-long closure also causes a major crisis for North Edinburgh Community Festival.
Original plans would have seen all works completed by May next year, meaning the festival could go ahead as normal. Delays have seen timescales slip back, however, and this could mean the popular community event seeking a new home.
The hugely-popular annual community event takes place on West Pilton Park every year, attracting thousands of visitors, and organisers need urgent answers as they begin planning 2027’s event: – will West Pilton Park be the venue or will the Festival be uprooted and relocated?
Local collective organisation R2 has raised these concern and others, including poor consultation with the local coummunity, with the Park’s Project Development team and it’s understood local councillors will meet with contractors and local stakeholders in an attempt to resolve concerns.
SATURDAY 13th JUNE 3 – 5pm – ALL WELCOME!
Local young people are behind the organisation of the launch event for North Edinburgh Community Festival, taking place in West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre tomorrow (Saturday 28th March) from 12-2pm.
Festival Futures, a six-month project between Tinderbox Collective and North Edinburgh Community Festival, has allowed ten young people from North Edinburgh to get hands-on experience, workshops and work experience on how to run a live event. This festival launch is the culmination of their work and has given the young people the chance to step behind the scenes and learn how a real community festival comes to life.
The launch event will host live music from local young performers who have been honing their skills and shaping their sound in youth clubs and community spaces delivered by Tinderbox Collective and Granton Youth, including Lotas, Georgia Amery, Abraham Olivier, and Leon Highway.
There will be community stalls from local organisations including Granton Baptist Church, Spartans, Childrens’ Holiday Venture, Project Esperanza and more, as well as sports activities and food stalls. Tinderbox Games Club will also be hosting an escape room they have designed, letting people try out computer games they have designed over the last year.
This weekend’s event marks the launch of the programme for the 2026 North Edinburgh Community Festival, which will take place on 16th May.
Returning for its fifth edition, the much-loved festival continues its mission as a family friendly fun day out for all the residents in North Edinburgh, and a vital community anchor which brings people together, strengthens local pride, and connects thousands with essential services and opportunities.
During the festival itself, Tinderbox Collective will be producing and running the Main Stage, which brings together choirs, youth bands and community performers from across North Edinburgh.
The North Edinburgh Community Choir – a vibrant group of around 100 singers from Pirniehall, St David’s Craigroyston and Forthview Primary Schools and Craigroyston High School – will return to perform, and Tinderbox’s Tuesday Music Club band – made of up thirty young people from across North Edinburgh – will also take to the stage with original tunes and reimagined covers they’ve been developing together.
Also featuring on the main stage are Edinburgh Ukrainian Choir, Ama-zing Harmonies and Pulse Of The Place.
Tinderbox Collective will also join forces with Granton Youth to produce the North by North West stage which will feature emerging young musicians and new talent still to be announced.
Adele Conn, Festival Director of North Edinburgh Community Festival, said: “I’m incredibly proud of the young people in our Festival Futures programme; their creativity, commitment, and professionalism over the last six months have been nothing short of inspiring.
“Seeing them lead today’s launch with such confidence and pride is a real joy, and they should each feel immensely proud of what they’ve achieved.”
The North Edinburgh Community Festival launch takes place tomorrow – Saturday 28th March, from 12 – 2pm at West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre and is free to attend.
The full festival will follow on Saturday 16th May 2026 at West Pilton Park and the West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre.
You’re invited to the Festival Launch this Saturday 28 March, 12–2pm at the West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre!!
The young people in our Festival Futures programme have been hard at work organising the North Edinburgh Community Festival launch.
On the day, they’ll be running and managing a mini‑festival packed with community stalls, sports activities, a games hub, live music and great food.
We’d love to see you there. Free entry, and everyone is welcome!
BE PART OF THE NORTH EDINBURGH COMMUNITY FESTIVAL!
Register below!
Deadline closes in 14 days!!!! MONDAY 30th MARCH.
Register using this link – https://forms.office.com/r/jMTLzXQUds
Even if you don’t know what you might do, or cant fill in the details yet, register so that we know you require a stall or pitch.
We should decide what happens in West Pilton/West Granton 
come along to learn more.
This event is being put on by myself (Jessica Fenn) and Chris Cullen – we live here, we aren’t an outside organisation, and we want other locals to join us
TUESDAY SESSIONS
9.30 -11.30 BOX N’ BLETHER
5 – 5:45 youth boxing and fitness session
6 – 7pm BLAST BOXfit!
All sessions are aimed at mental aswell as physical well-being.
Delivered in a friendly fun but challenging manner focused on having a laugh and building positive relationships within the groups.
BLAST, it’s more than just boxing! 
WEST PILTON NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE – Doors Open 6.30pm
EDINBURGH TWIRLING ACADEMY SPRING SHOW
Reminder that our spring show displaying our competition girls hard work this season is TONIGHT!
Doors open 18:30 for a 19:00 start
West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre
Tickets are £5 entry £3 concessions
Can’t wait to see you all there
