Penicuik Meeting takes place on the first Sunday of every month, between 11 am and noon, at Valleyfield House, 17 High Street, Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland, followed by a bring and share lunch (Valleyfield House is through the pend or archway – car parking is available in the grounds). Children are most welcome and often have special activities.
Please see the Calendar page for meeting dates.
For further information please see www.penicuik.kosmoid.net/Friends, which also has interesting information on the building and news about other activities there, or e-mail <penicuikquakers@blueyonder.co.uk>.
For those using satellite navigation the postcode is EH26 8HS.
The Britain Yearly Meeting website is at www.quaker.org.uk.
Penicuik Meeting is a Local Meeting within South East Scotland Area Meeting.
Other Quaker meetings near Penicuik are every Sunday in
Edinburgh (Central Edinburgh and South Edinburgh Meetings), on the
second and fourth Sunday of the month at Peebles (Tweeddale Meeting), and on the
first and third Sunday of the month at Wiston near Biggar (Lanark
Meeting).
Please see the 'Quakers in Scotland' website at quakerscotland.gn.apc.org for further information.
Buses to Penicuik (there is no railway line to Penicuik):
From central Edinburgh, via Cameron Toll and Loanhead: Lothian Buses route 37 from Central Edinburgh (10:04 am from North Bridge, arriving at 10:45 am); standard single fare £1.40. Please phone Lothian Buses at 0131 555 6363 or visit Lothian Buses' web site at www.lothianbuses.co.uk to check. You need exact change for bus fares on Lothian Buses.
From central Edinburgh, via Morningside and Fairmilehead: Lothian Buses route 15 (10:06 am from St Andrew's Square, 10:18 am from Tollcross, arriving at 10:59 am – fare and contact details as for route 37); or MacEwan's Coach Services route 101 (10:25 am from Edinburgh Bus Station, 10:40 am from Tollcross, arriving at 11:13 am: please contact Traveline - see below - to check).
From Peebles: First Scotland East route 62 (10:06 am from Eastgate, Peebles, arriving at 10:29 am). Please contact Traveline - see below - or phone First Scotland East (08708 72 72 71) to check.
Traveline:
For additional
public transport
information please phone Traveline (0871 200 2233 from the UK, followed by 3 when the greeting message starts). This phone number is
available 24 hours a day. Alternatively, visit the web page www.travelinescotland.com.
Phone calls to Traveline on 0871 200 2233 cost 10p per minute from BT Landlines (UK). Charges from other providers or mobiles may vary.
Penicuik Meeting does not guarantee the public transport information on this page - please check before travelling!
Please click here for the Calendar page
Produced by Penicuik Local Quaker Meeting, which is part of South East Scotland Area Meeting.
This website is authored by Mark Hutcheson <penicuikquakers@blueyonder.co.uk> and was most recently updated on 01 April 2012.
