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Coldingham Village

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A beautiful historic conservation village in Berwickshire, on southeast Scotland's spectacular coastline. With a Keep Scotland Beautiful award winning beach, stunning local scenery, around a thousand years of local history. It's the ideal location to base your holiday in the Scottish Borders.

Coldingham Village

Plant Sale & Competition

Coldingham Village Hall - Sunday 18th May (12 noon - 2pm), Gentle Reminder for your Diary. Each year we ask for donations of plants from the local community and sell them at a very small cost at our plant sale . Click/Tap the Full Details button for all the information as well as the Sunflower Competition .

The Luckenbooth

Coffee Shop

Home baking, Hot Pies, Sausage Rolls, Corned Beef Bakes & Steak & Ale Pasties Available Daily. Fresh Coffee - 100% Fairtrade Coffee Beans from Clumsy Goat and much more ....
Main Square, Coldingham, TD15 5NL

Coldingham Village

Community Council

Meeting dates, approved minutes and more. Note: More options available in the Community Council card below.

Coldingham Village

Monumental Inscriptions

Search for a Monumental Inscription in Coldingham Priory. Search on family name or part of the actual inscription. (Gravestome Iamge and approximate location displayed). Your available options are in Inscriptions Card below.

Coldingham Village

Community

Some additional information in conjunction with selected information from the home page that falls under a community umbrella.

Coldingham Village

Film Club

The All New Film Club Home Page, everything in one place. The Up and Coming films with more information on each film than ever before with each film having a small video trailer where available.

Coldingham Village

Historical Images

Collections of images categorised and brought together for easier accessibility. Now over 160 John Wood Images, inclusing portraits of possibly your ancestors, and an Old Postcards 100 image slideshow of the district. Your available options, including local events, are in Images Card below

Coldingham Village

History

A selection of interesting articles that provides an insight to Coldingham in the past 100 years and beyond

Welcome

Thank you for taking the time to find your way here.

Coldingham is a beautiful historic conservation village in Berwickshire, on southeast Scotland's spectacular coastline. With a Keep Scotland Beautiful award winning beach, stunning local scenery, around a thousand years of local history. It's the ideal location to base your holiday in the Scottish Borders.

You will find information for Walks, Paths, Countryside, Community Council, Local History, Monumental Inscriptions, Historical Images and so much more in the card section below.

Click/tap any of the cards below to open. Further information and links are contained in each expanded card.

Do take your time as there is a significant amount information available. Also, there is the option of using site search.

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Events & Notifications

Find out more about what's up and coming, questionnaires, forms to complete (small grants etc.)

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Community Council

Meeting dates, approved minutes and more ...

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Community Council

Meeting dates, Approved/Draft minutes and much more ...

The All New Community Council site where the content is solely managed by the community council. This should keep you fully up to date with decisions made and actions taken by all parties. (Everything being open and transparent)

To preserve some form of continuity with your previous navigation. A few of the links below will take you directly to a specific page. However, if selected, I would suggest you the return directly to the Community Council Home Page for familiarisation of the differences.

Continuity has been preserved where possible.

You can view the SBC 2014 Model Community Council Constitution and the 2019 Handbook. If you require to contact the Community Coucil about any matter then please use the community council contact form (link below) which may help speed up the process.

Please note that within the Documents section there is category, useful information. There you may find information on road closures, planning, home energy advice, funding sources etc. Always worth checking to view recent additions.

  1. Community Council (Welcome)
  2. Community Council Home Page (All New)
  3. Documents (pdf - Approved Minutes, Consultations, Funding, Useful Info & more ..) - Table Content (sortable, filterable etc.) - Table Information (filtereable by Category)
  4. Agendas (img)
  5. Draft Minutes (img)
  6. Constitution (Signed) - Series of Images
  7. SBC 2019 Handbook - Series of Images
  8. Code of Conduct for Community Councillors - Series of Images
  9. Committee
  10. Community Council Contact Form

Find information you never knew was there.

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Site Search

Powered by Free Find

All the information required to perform a search can be found on the page itself. Generally enter a few key words each seperated by a space. Wild card option available, more on the page itself.

  1. Site Search

Coldingham Beach

Coldingham & St Abbs Residents Working Group for the protection of the beach now and in the future

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Coldingham Beach/Bay

Coldingham & St Abbs Residents

The Formation of a Working Group for Coldingham Beach and Coastal Paths Care

In order to protect the beach, the coastal paths, toilets, car park etc. for everyones enjoyment not just for now but also for the future we wish to set up a working group to improve the situation. It would be fantastic if you can either express an interest in the working group or even better sign up to be part of the working group.

How we wish to go about this, register your interest or join the working group is all explained in the Working Group Home Page.

  1. Working Group (Home Page)
  2. Register your Interest/Support Online
  3. View/Print the Working Group Support Form (Pdf)

Luckenbooth

Interpretation Wall (Touch Sceen Software). Visitor information about Coldingham and the surrounding area ...

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Luckenbooth

Interpretation Wall

This is made available here for those that require online access to this.

To be slightly technical it will run slightly differently here as it was developed to run under a browser in kiosk mode. (Essentially Full screen with no browser tabs with NO user exit from the browser)

Note : Some changes were made here to the project's home page to allow you to return to Coldingham Info home page from the project's homepage menu.

For the best experience on a computer, if possible, you should ideally toggle the browser to run full screen.

  1. Touch Screen Opening Screen - (A Welcome Page)

Gala

Coldingham Gala - Coldingham Playing Fields, Last Sunday in July ...

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Coldfest

Your Local Music Festival ...

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Coldfest

Coldingham

Your Local Music Festival held in local venues providing the opportunity for up amd coming as well as established bands and singer songwriters performing live for your enjoyment.

Now established as Berwickshires premier music festival. This is a great way to spend the day for all music lovers that really do enjoy outdoor live music.

  1. Coldfest Home Page

Monumental Inscriptions

Search for a Monumental Inscription in Coldingham Priory ...

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Monumental Inscriptions

Coldingham Priory

Search on family name or stone inscription by entering multiple string patterns. (Gravestome Image and approximate location subsequently displayed).

The work of recording the information, approximately 2011, was carried out by Friends of Coldingham Priory and members of Borders Family History Society (BFHS).

More information and full details on how to search is provided on the respective pages. This may well be of some assistance you in tracing your family history.

  1. Search on Name
  2. Search on Inscription

Images

John Wood historical images (approx 1910) and images from local events

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Images

John Wood historical Images from the turn of the 20th century and images from local events

One of the most exciting and remarkable photographic finds of recent years was made in, of all places, a Borders garden shed. Comprising a massive accumulation of glass negatives, this was the work of John Wood, a photographer whose studies of village life at the turn of the century sparkle with a quality rarely seen.

Now with over 160 John Wood Images and an Old Postcard 25 minute Slideshow with over 100 images.

The Collection of images now colourised, categorised and brought together for easier accessibility...

  1. John Wood Historical Images - Explore !!
  2. Local Images
  3. Old Postcards of Coldingham and the Surrounding District-(25 minute Video Slideshow)
  4. Ross Alexander Gallery

Grants

Community Funds For Community Groups and Projects

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Grants

Greencoat Drone Hill & Local Grants

Grants of up to £10000 for Community Groups and Projects benefiting Cockburnspath & Cove, Coldingham, Grantshouse, Reston and Auchencrow.

The Drone Hill Wind Farm Community Fund supports community projects benefiting those living in the areas covered by Reston & Auchencrow, Grantshouse, Coldingham, and Cockburnspath & Cove Community Councils. The fund is provided by Greencoat UK Wind, the owners of the Drone Hill Wind Farm in East Berwickshire.

Small Local grants may also be available from time to time, check the links below.

Find out more - see links below

  1. More Information of how the Fund operates and how to Apply...
  2. Coldingham Society 2024 (small grants available) ..

Film Club

Currently last Thursday of the month in the Village Hall. Your local cinema....

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Film Club

Movie Night

The last Thursday of the month in the Village Hall, your local cinema.

You will find out everything you need to know about the film club by visting their home page. The Up and Coming films with more information on each film than ever before with each film having a small video trailer where available. You can also see what you may have missed.

  1. Film Club Home Page. All you need to know will be found here.

Fuel Club

Coldingham & St Abbs Fuel Club (Oil) - A local buying group set up to negotiate bulk purchase discounts with the fuel companies

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Fuel Club (Oil)

Coldingham & St Abbs

It's free to sign up but you must be a resident in Coldingham or St Abbs as it's the small geographic area

All the information can be found on the Fuel Club Page. How it works, how to join and see the most recent planned delivery timetable.

Remember it's a local buying group set up to negotiate bulk purchase discounts with the fuel companies to save you some money.

If you have not already signed up then find out more by selecting the Coldingham & St Abbs Fuel Club Page - link below.

  1. Coldingham & St Abbs Fuel Club Page ...
  2. Fuel Club Order Dates (Most Recent Provided)...

Walks/Trails

Berwickshire Coastal Path, local walks around Coldingham and other interesting paths/trails.....

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Climate Change

Cause and Effect - Clear up some of the most frequently heard myths

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Climate Change

Cause and Effect

Originally addedc in early 2022 but just as relevant today, even more so.

A series of short articles from reputable websites from which you can form your own opinions.

Clear up some of the most frequently heard myths, so that you can tell fiction from fact or fact from fiction.

From the The UK Climate Risk Website a comprehensive assessment of the risks and opportunities facing the UK.

National Summaries for all UK countries and sectors to view or download, certainly comprehensive. Links opposite.

Remember - External links will have cookies and may be removed and/or configured via your browser.

  1. Series of short articles from reputable websites
  2. National Summaries
  3. Sector briefings - Agriculture, Fishing etc.

Coldingham Archive

Seen somthing before and cannot now find it, check the archive

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Coldingham Archive

Not Lost - Just Moved !!

If you have seen, read or selected something from this page that you now cannot find then it will more than likely be in the Archive.

The Archive is essentially a timeline showing the date of removal of the original page with a link to that page.

Worth checking out !!...

  1. The Archive
  2. Document Vault
  3. Community Council pre 2024

BBC UK Latest - The Headlines

Rolling News & Weather (RSS Feeds)

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Coldingham Village

All about Coldingham. History, Notable People and more ...

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Coldingham Village

All about the Village !!

This page of cards, each with a page link, that can be filtered by History, Community and Notable Rsidents.

Here you can select the page and pass over an optional predesignated filter or alternately load thepage with no filter and select a filter yourself.

Simply a page with filtering providing links to other pages. Straightforward and easy to use.

Note: Please note that Coldingham page is not a finite list of Coldingham related information found on this site. You may well be found elsewhere such as the gala pages...

A Good place to Start - Especially for the History !!

  1. Coldingham Village - History
  2. Coldingham Village - Community
  3. Coldingham Village - Notable Residents

Village Websites

Some other village websites. Namely Coldingham Gala, Friends of the Priory, St Abbs Parish....

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Village History

A variety of interesting articles and stories about Coldingham and the surrounding District.

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Village History

All the history curently available can be accessed from the Coldingham Village Page.

As previously mentioned this page of cards, each with a page link, that can be filtered by History, Community and Notable Rsidents.

To assist you the link below will pass over a predesignated filter to show only the history cards.

You also have links to a few of the most visited pages below.

For example, take RAF Crossslaw, home to 617 signals unit. Operational from 16th April 1953 to the 31st August 1956, click link below for more ...

  1. Coldingham Village History, Articles etc
  2. Drone Hill
  3. RAF Crosslaw
  4. Churchill's Secret Army
  5. Coldingham (The Writers Village)

Attractions & Activities

Suggested External Websites to Search for a Day Out

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Attractions & Activities

A selection of links to external sites that provide you with more information for a Day Out, energetic or otherwise, in and around the Scottish Borders.

This may walking the Berwickshire Coastal Foot Path, Swimming, Museum of Flight or just taking in the Sights.

Just look at the image on this card, part of the Berwickshire Coastal Foot Path and Was featured in an episode of Vera and the Whiskey Galore remake !!

  1. Attractions & Activities - Days Out

Days Out

Lots to do, lots to see..

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Days Out

Lots to do, lots to see

A page with subsequent links to a few selected web sites for a day out in and around the Berwickshire. Whether its activity indoors or oudoors or a just a relaxing day you hopefully will find something of interest.

Note : The external sites will have significantly more information.

Remember - External links will have cookies and may be removed and/or configured via your browser.

  1. Days Out, Activities and Places of Interest
  2. Historic
  3. Towns and Villages
  4. Walks & Trails
  5. Activities
  6. Countryside

Self Catering

A variety of properties in and around Coldingham.

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Self Catering

May provide some assitance for your visit/stay !!

From self catering cottages to glamping pods have a look. You will find the necessary links to make an enquiry or to book on each page. You will probably be redirected to a holiday booking site. Please note the content of each page is the responsibility of the property owners as its a free service and what is shown is essentially what has been provided.

Worth checking out !!...

  1. Self Catering Properties

Local Businesses

A variety of local businesses that may be able to assist you...

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Contact Form

Simply complete the form and submit. The form can be used for a variety of purposes.

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Contact Form

First of all, do please get in touch, it would be good to hear from you.

To give you just one idea of how it's used. If you wish if you wish to add your event to the website events page then just complete and submit the contact form and we will be in touch, your email being important !!. Historical information and images always welcome.

Regarding events, in addition to the text, if possible, please attach a poster as a pdf, word docuemnt or image and we will do the rest. We shall respond providing the website's email address which can be used for future communication, events, or subsequent images etc... The more notice that can be provided the better. Check out the events page and poster summary, ideal for smaller devices, mobiles etc..

No poster image, then do not worry. We can create a basic no frills poster image for you..

Having your event here can really difference to the turnout and success on the day(s) of your event !!

  1. Contact Form

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