Projects
Find out more about our projects in Saughton Mains, Whitson & Stenhouse area & get involved!
Our Projects
Our projects include organising events and volunteering activities, fundraising for improvements and responding to planning applications, through to community leasing and ownership options.
How Can We Help
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Mental Health
Counseling
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HIV Health
Services
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Support
Groups
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Workshops
Our workshops will enhance your experience and knowledge of plants and gardens; whether it is to learn a new skill, or improve an existing one.
Community Events
Community social events will resume once it is safe to do so according to the Scottish Government's guidelines.
Fundraising
We are looking for volunteers to join our fundraising team, if interested, get in touch!
SMS History
Brief history of Saughton Mains and Stenhouse
Saughton Mains
Saughton (/ˈsɔːxtən/) (Scots: Sauchtoun) (Scottish Gaelic: Baile nan Seileach) is a suburb of the west of Edinburgh, Scotland, bordering Broomhouse, Stenhouse, Longstone and Carrick Knowe. In Lowland Scots, a "sauch" is a willow. The Water of Leith flows by here and Calder Road, one of the main city arteries, runs through it.
The Saughton House is a large Government office, built in the 1950s, which houses the Scottish Government, Scottish Courts Service and a number of other Government offices. It is actually situated in the Broomhouse area and fronting on Broomhouse Drive.
The area is also known for its prison, known officially as "HM Prison Edinburgh", but colloquially as "Saughton Prison", which lies to the south of the district.
More recently Saughton Park has become home to an acclaimed outdoor concrete skatepark.
Stenhouse
Stenhouse is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It lies to the west of the City Centre, adjacent to Whitson and Saughton Mains and close to Broomhouse and Chesser. It is a mainly residential area.
The area derives its name from the Stanhope or Stenhope family who held land and mills near the Water of Leith from 1511 to 1621. Early references are variously to Stennop Milne (1576), Stanehope mylnes (1578), Stanehopps (1585), Stenhopmilne (1630) until, in 1773, the name Stenhouse Mill appears.
From November 1953, 287 (4th Edinburgh) Squadron, an old and historic squadron of the Air Training Corps, was based at its drill hall in the extreme north-west of Stenhouse, next to the Edinburgh/Glasgow railway line. In 2008, the Squadron was forced to move to make way for the Edinburgh Trams line but it relocated to new premises on Stevenson Drive, adjacent to Saughton Enclosure, in 2010. In recognition of its connection with Stenhouse, the Squadron was renamed 287 (Stenhouse) Squadron in 2012. However, this change was reversed in 2016.