The society will hold its AGM in Leith Community Centre on Tuesday, 20th May at 7pm.
Please join us to find out more about our exciting programme from September 2025 to May 2026. The society can do more if people join us by becoming a member.
We desperately need someone to join the committee who has IT skills to update our old website or help create a new one and help with our Facebook presence.
I hope to meet you all next Tuesday.
LLHS PROGRAMME 2025:26, LLHS AGM 20:05:2025,LLHS CHAIR REPORT 2025
Best wishes
Jim Scanlon
Chair, LLHS
Do come along to the next meeting of the Leith Local History Society, on TUESDAY 18th March AT 7pm in Leith Community Education Centre, to hear this fascinating presentation:
The Royal Navy and Leith between 1780 and 1805
Brian Pinkstone will share his research into Royal Navy ships, some with Leith crew or ‘pressed men’ who escorted valuable cargo during a time when shipping could be attacked by privateers
All welcome, £2 or free to members
Do come along to the next meeting of the Leith Local History Society, on TUESDAY 18th February AT 7pm in Leith Community Education Centre, to hear this fascinating presentation:
Archaeology of Leith Fort and the Leith Gas works on Constitution Street
Steven Watt from AOC Archaeology will explain some of the finds found during excavations on both sites.
All welcome, £2 or free to members
Do come along to the next meeting of the Leith Local History Society, on TUESDAY 21st January AT 7pm in Leith Community Education Centre, to hear this fascinating presentation:
Leith Races presented by well known historian, Andy Arthur.
All welcome, £2 or free to members
Due to unforeseen circumstances there will be no meeting tonight in Leith Community Centre of Leith Local History Society.
I’m sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused you.
We wish you all a peaceful and enjoyable festive holiday and hope you will join us in January.
Best wishes
Jim Scanlon
Chair
Leith Links Community Council does not meet officially in December, but we are all still here, and happy to hear from any member of the local community who wishes to get in touch, to ask a question or report an issue. We will always try to help if we can.
You can contact us on contact@leithlinkscc.org.uk
If you have an urgent problem, you may be better to contact the City of Edinburg Council directly, via @edinhelp if you are on ‘X’
Or via the website https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/report
Or contact your elected City of Edinburgh Councillor, we have 3 for our area:
adam.nols-mcvey@edinburgh.gov.uk
cllr.katrina.faccenda@edinburgh.gov.uk
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For anyone struggling to afford food –
Foodbank information can be found here
Useful info about other sources of free or cheap food, community meals etc. can be found here
Soup + roll + unlimited tea or coffee for only £1 
For over 60’s
From 1st November 2024 until end of February 2025
All-day availability at all 205 Asda Cafés (check before going – as some are unaware)
Kids eat for £1, too (a £1 kids cold pick and mix selection that includes a sandwich, drink and piece of fruit)The next phase of the Leith Connections work is about to start, so be prepared for significant disruption to pedestrians, traffic, cyclists and bus services…..
Work starts next week on Great Junction Street, and will work its way gradually down Henderson Street throughout winter, spring and summer 2025, to Sandport Bridge. At the same time, works will be taking place up from Commercial Street, Sandport Place etc.
Download a leaflet here that outlines the work.
Buses may go down Cables Wynd instead of Henderson Street.
It’s not going to be fun for road users or for pavement users, so you might want to start rethinking journey times and/or figuring out alternative routes….?
If you have concerns / problems, please email leithconnections@edinburgh.gov.uk
and copy to your Councillors:
chas.booth@edinburgh.gov.uk, adam.nols-mcvey@edinburgh.gov.uk, Cllr.katrina.faccenda@edinburgh.gov.uk
EALA Impacts are working with all three of the Leith Community Councils (Leith Links, Leith Harbour & Newhaven, and Leith Central) to make a Local Place Plan for Leith.
This is important because the Local Place Plan will feed into the City Council’s “City Plan 2040”, which sets out what is allowed to be built in the city, and will be used for many other things to shape the future of our neighbourhood.
It is really important that local poeple say what they want and don’t want in their area, in the future.
The deadline for submission to the City Council is Autumn 2025, but your comments and ideas should ideally be in by end of July / August.. Please use the QR code below or send in by email.
Read more about the importance of Local Place Plans, and how to make them, here