For residents
Find local services, weekend ideas, events, food, offers and community notices without digging through social feeds.
Town Crier v2
Local life, services and notices in one clean place.
We are rebuilding Town Crier as a fast local platform, starting with Midlothian. Find useful local businesses, what’s on, offers, food and drink, and community notices.
What is Town Crier?
What is Town Crier?
Town Crier is a local information hub for practical community content: useful services, food and drink, events, offers, notices, guides and regular local roundups.
Who it helps
For businesses
Get a useful local listing that can grow with opening hours, offers, contact details and updates.
For community groups
Share regular meetings, fundraisers, classes, notices and events with people nearby.
Start with Midlothian
Dalkeith
Historic Midlothian town with local services, food, community groups and family activities.
Bonnyrigg
A growing Midlothian community with trades, shops, venues and family services.
Penicuik
Local guide for Penicuik services, events, food and community notices.
Loanhead
Useful local information for residents, visitors and businesses in Loanhead.
Gorebridge
Events, notices and services for Gorebridge and nearby communities.
Newtongrange
Community information, local services and notices for Newtongrange.
New Midlothian guides
Things to do in Midlothian
A practical starting point for walks, family days, attractions, food stops and community activities across Midlothian.
Family days out in Midlothian
Ideas for families looking for parks, walks, rainy-day options, clubs and low-cost local activities.
Walks in Midlothian
Walking ideas around the Pentlands, Roslin Glen, Dalkeith, villages and easy local routes.
Pubs and restaurants in Midlothian
A growing food and drink guide covering pubs, restaurants, cafés, takeaways and venues.
Trades and local services in Midlothian
A practical directory route for trades, repairs, professional services and useful contacts.
Community groups in Midlothian
A home for clubs, charities, classes, regular meetings and volunteer groups.
Built to expand
Focused on Midlothian first, ready for nearby areas later
Town Crier is deliberately building repeatable town hubs, submission routes and share-ready listings in Midlothian first. Once the pilot has a stronger following and more local submissions, the same structure can expand into neighbouring areas.
Edinburgh
Next-city expansion candidate once Midlothian has stronger listings, followers and submission flow.
East Lothian
Natural neighbouring area for town hubs, visitor listings, food, events and community notices.
Scottish Borders
Longer-term regional expansion option for rural towns, events, local services and visitor routes.
What Town Crier covers
Services
Find local trades, professional services, health, wellbeing and useful contacts.
Food & Drink
Pubs, restaurants, cafés, takeaways, venues and local food offers.
Events
What’s on locally: music, family days, markets, classes and fundraisers.
Community Notices
Local notices from residents, groups, charities, venues and organisations.
Offers
Deals and promotions from local businesses and venues.
Recently added
National Mining Museum Scotland added
A Newtongrange visitor and heritage anchor for family days out, education visits and local history.
Rosslyn Chapel and Roslin Glen added
Roslin now has major visitor and walking anchors to support heritage, tourism and local food routes.
Vogrie Country Park added
A Pathhead and Midlothian family/outdoors anchor for walks, parks and weekend planning.
Stewart Brewing added for Loanhead
A food and drink anchor for Loanhead covering the brewery shop, taproom, pizza kitchen, tours and events.
Penicuik rugby club added
A community sport listing for Penicuik rugby fixtures, teams, youth sport and club updates.
Penicuik cricket club added
A local cricket listing for fixtures, seasonal sport and club updates in Penicuik.
Dalkeith Country Park added
A visitor and family anchor listing for walks, food stops, activities and events near Dalkeith.
Penicuik Estate added
A heritage and outdoor listing to support Penicuik walks, family days out and visitor content.
Bonnyrigg Rose added
A local sport listing for fixtures, club news and Bonnyrigg community interest.
Flotterstone Inn listing expanded
A richer food and drink page near the Pentland Hills.
Dalkeith town hub expanded
A richer pilot page for Dalkeith listings, family ideas, events and community notices.
Things to do in Midlothian
New evergreen hub for local activities and suggestions.
Midlothian weekend guide
A repeatable page for events, food, walks and offers.
Trades and local services
A practical route into local trades and services.
Community groups guide
A new home for clubs, charities and regular meetings.