Welcome to the web site for Temple Village, Midlothian, Scotland. We aim to provide information about the village of Temple and surrounding areas for the local community.
Whether you want to check the dates for upcoming events, look up the number of a take-away before you leave work or are just interested in finding out about Temple itself, we hope you enjoy your stay.
The content of www.templevillage.org.uk is provided by the community, if you think we are missing something, please get in touch. If you have an event you want advertised, just let us know.
We have much to add to the site over the coming months so if you want to keep up to date, sign up for our newsletter via this form. Your email address will only be used for issues relating to this web site. If you use facebook, you can follow us here.
A recent addition to the website is a Discussion Forum where both local residents and website visitors can discuss "Anything Temple", such as local history, visitor information, family histories and local events. Full details can be found here.
Upcoming Events - check the Events page for full details.
Date
Day
Time
Event
11 August 2010
Wednesday
19:30
Don't miss your chance play a part in this year's Fete - a meeting is taking place this Wednesday in Temple Village Hall and we welcome new ideas or offers of help - please come along and be first to hear what is happening and help to make it happen, at this year's fete!
Temple Nursery and Playgroup now have their own website.
02 July 2010
The Temple Community Cinema is beginning to take shape. If you are at all interested in watching films in Temple, please sign up to the newsletter on this page and complete the survey. The Wizard of Oz was shown on 26 June as a free event and full details of the cinema will be announced shortly.
25 June 2010
The Village Hall Association have been successful in their grant application to WREN which means our previous grant award from Leader (which was conditional on WREN) will be awarded too. This means the TVHA will be able to proceed with the major refurbishment work over the summer. Congratulations to all involved!!!
09 June 2010
You may just have heard that a short fictional film has been made in the local area involving many people from the community. The film was shown on the 6th and 7th of March, 2010 in the village hall with the stars arriving by "limo" and everyone dressing up posh. The project raised £1161.53 shared between the TVHA, Temple Nursery and setting up a new Temple Film Society. Full details of the film can be found here - www.theundiscoveredmovie.com.
Website Updates: 2 new options on the menu to the left, "Village Clubs" and "Village Surveys", which include details of a new Film Society and 2 Surveys that we ask all visitors to complete.
The next 6 week block of Yoga Classes in the Village Hall start on 24th February, beginners always welcome. Via the full details here.
18 January 2010
Temple Book Club meet on the last Tuesday of every month to discuss a book that everyone has read. It's a nice friendly meeting in a neighbour's house, with a blether, with some wine, and a chat about the book - January's book is Wolf Hall. If you would like to know more, please check the Book Club page.
28 October 2009
A number of reports are appearing in the newspapers about a carved stone found in a garden in the village - it seems to be creating quite a stir!!
The Wicker Tree - the village was recently teaming with movie people filming the follow up to The Wicker Man - you can view a video of the burning of the Wicker Tree in North Middleton here.
29 July 2009
Moorfoot Community Council have been progressing the possibility of Twinning with Ivry-Le-Temple which is just north of Paris. Kerr MacGregor and Margaret Munro are visiting the village in the next couple of weeks with the aim of inviting them over later in the year. You can find out more details and discuss this on the forum here.
12 December 2008
We've had a request for some information about a Coal Mine that used to be located near Temple Farm around the 1950s. If you have any information about the mine, please get in touch or discuss on the forum.
12 December 2008
Kerry Bell's runs a local business "chocolateandmeringue" specialising in chocolate or meringue based desserts. Chocolate Christmas cakes cost £20 each for a 7.5" cake, and contain fruit. Kerry can be contacted for a full price list on 01875 830752 or
02 October 2008
Temple Bowling Club season begins on Monday 06 October at 7:15pm. Everyone over the age of 12 years welcome. Just come along on the night or contact Betty on 830295.
03 September 2008
Moorfoot Primary held their first Duck Race on 30 August 2008 to raise funds for the school. Details, photos and video can be found here.
Additionally, their ducks are available to hire for other fund raising events and details can be found here.
11 January 2008
We found an interesting link to someone who creates 3D panorama photos and has done several for Old Temple Kirk - these are quite stunning and worth a look! billward.eu/pages_temple/temple.html
10 January 2008
Jane Dunlop is running a further series of Art Classes running in 5 week blocks every Thursday From January through to June. To view the details, click here.
08 January 2008
The Village Hall page has been expanded to allow online enquiries which will be emailed to the hall bookings co-ordinator.
03 December 2007
After a pilot scheme, Crafty Fingers, a craft club for children aged 8 and above, will continue into the New Year. This is run at Middleton Village Hall one Thursday a month.
For more information contact Colette Pemberton (823650) or Jill Dun (820882).
24 October 2007
Temple Primary School closed its doors for the final time on 11 October 2007 while Moorfoot Primary School opened for the first time on 24 October.
Some web pages containing photos and information about Temple School will be finalised in the coming weeks.
23 May 2007
Sheila is a circle dance teacher living locally. She is interested in offering to lead Circle Dance within existing groups.
Circle Dance is a form of dance accessible to everyone, the music and dances come from around the world, some are ancient, some have been devised more recently:
there is no need for partners as we dance together in a circle
it is fun
it is relaxing
it is....... I could go on but try it!
She is happy to provide anyone with more information or indeed offer a 'taster' session of Circle Dance. Tel. 01875 821866.
03 October 2006
A CD featuring a selection of poetry and verse read and written by Ken Angus is available. Please get in touch if you would like a copy.
11 October 2005
Here are a couple of links to other community websites in our area:
