Countryside Calendar – March
Thought might be useful to share the Outdoor Access Code’s Countryside Calendar which provides useful guidance on things we should consider each …
Harry’s storytelling evening – West Lothian’s Hidden History
In Harry’s final talk for this winter he tells us about the hidden history of West Lothian – fascinating to learn that …
Bathgate’s Local Place Plan draft ready for review
Huge thanks to the people of Bathgate who have helped consider the town’s future. This is part of an exercise carried out by …
Harry’s storytelling evening – Order of St John and Torphichen Preceptory
In Harry’s second storytelling talk he will tell us about the origins and growth of the Order of St John, and links …
Harry’s storytelling evening – Bathgate’s historical timeline
Delighted to share recordings of Harry Cartmill’s recent Bathgate talks. In this first one Harry tells us about the history of Bathgate. …
Coronation Celebrations in the Bathgate Hills
Some fascinating local history as we approach the King’s coronation. One of our team, Jim Easton, spent time researching and collating a …
Join our storytelling day in October!
SUNDAY 9TH OCTOBER Bathgate Hills Venture is excited to announce that we have won funding from the Year of Stories 2022 to …
Help us record the amazing wildlife of the hills
The Bathgate Hills provide an amazing habitat for local wildlife. Many plants and animals make their homes in the wonderful variety of …
Working with HES at Cairnpapple
We have been speaking to Historic Environment Scotland and agreed we will give some help thinning the Rosebay Willow Herb. It’s lovely …
We have won funding for a Storytelling Day in October!
The Bathgate Hills Venture is very excited to announce that we have been awarded funding from The Year of Stories and we …
Our Chapel Well Garden ideas have been selected!
West Lothian residents were asked, via Community Choices, to help influence the future work of the council’s Grounds Maintenance service. The grounds maintenance …
Imbolc at Cairnpapple
‘From the ashes a fire shall be woken,A light from the shadows shall spring…’ J.R.R. Tolkein We are going to mark each of the …
2021 Round Up
As we approach the end of 2021, and as a very newly constituted SCIO, we thought we would share our progress this …
Bathgate Hills Venture becomes a registered charity!
We are delighted to report that we are now a fully constituted charity registered with OSCR. We have also set up a …
Chapel Well Garden has a new flower bed
Bathgate’s lovely Chapel Well Garden has it’s new flower bed. Big thanks to Enterprise Bathgate in Bloom for the plants and our …