Welcome to the Heriot Community Website
Heriot
This is the community website for the village of Heriot. Heriot is a rural community of approximately 160 properties located in the Eildon area of the Scottish Borders.
Community Council Meetings
The next meeting of HCC will be held on Wednesday 4th February at 7:00pm at Macfie Hall
Download the unratified minutes for September 24th 2025
Email List
Heriot Community Council occasionally sends out emails regarding council business such as agendas and minutes of meetings. Should you wish to receive these, please send an email request to the secretary at secretary@heriot.info with your email address and name. Also, please inform the secretary of any changes to your email, if you wish to stop receiving emails or if you do not receive expected emails. We try to keep the list current and remove emails that fail. The data collected is only used to send out emails from HCC.
Heriot Plan
The community council has produced a draft version for a Heriot plan, containing background information about the Heriot community and location, with suggestions for how Heriot would like to develop in the future. This is for submitting into the next Eildon Area plan of the Scottish Borders Council.
Comments and suggestions for changes or additions to the plan are welcome.
Local News and Events
Regular news items, including road closures, and local events are posted to the Heriot Community Council facebook page.
Heriot Community Council Training or Education Grant
We are introducing a new grant for any Heriot resident (or those historically based in Heriot but temporarily away e.g. to study) of school leaving age or older.
Initially with a six week window to submit applications from 10th January to 1st March 2026.
HCC, on behalf of SSE Renewables (operators of Toddleburn Wind Farm) can distribute a maximum of £3000 in 2025-26 (year 1) and then £1500 in subsequent years as education and training grants for Heriot residents.
Grants can be a maximum of £500 per applicant, but smaller grants are encouraged. The applicant must themselves contribute 20% of the course fee or directly related costs.
The training should relate to employment, enhance employability, or develop skills for charitable outcomes, not hobbies. These grants thereby build community capacity, could develop or maintain community assets and help make Heriot a great place to live. The grant primarily aims to pay for:
- Vocational courses or training, ideally leading to some form of recognised or certificated qualification.
- Travel, subsistence, required equipment or childcare - but at the discretion of HCC.
Individuals should read the guidance and complete the short application form.
Please respond to secretary@heriot.info to reserve a place. Or talk to one of your HCC members. We will attempt to allocate places on a first come basis. If there is a lack of demand then places will be opened up to people outside of Heriot. If there is excess demand we will create a waiting list and we may be able to provide another opportunity to attend a first aid course next spring.
Trial speed limit of 50mph on the A7
Scottish Borders Council are trialling a 50mph speed limit on the A7 between Galashiels and the Midlothian Border. Download the Community Council Briefing Paper for Trial 50mph speed limit.
HCC has created an email address of 50mph@heriot.info. This is for anyone to communicate HCC with concerns or comments about the 50mph speed limit. HCC will collate all feedback and provide this to SBC at the end of the trial period.