Welcome
Peebles Civic Society aims to encourage public interest in the past, present and future of Peebles.
We support local heritage projects and work to promote high standards of architecture and town planning.
If you care about Peebles and the surrounding area, please contact us. Membership costs only £5 per year and your support can make a big difference.
News and Events
The Mills of Tweeddale Exhibition
The men and women who worked in the mills that transformed Tweeddale from a sleepy backwater to a world centre of textile manufacture are celebrated in a special exhibition that opens at Peebles Museum at the beginning of August. The exhibition will run from the 5th of August until the 7th of December 2024 and admission is free.
"Remembering our Mills: memories of the textile industry that shaped Tweeddale” fulfils one of the core objectives of Peebles Civic Society’s two-year partnership project to preserve the history and heritage of the factories and people that changed Innerleithen and Peebles forever and created the village of Walkerburn.
A team from the three communities is bringing together the results of many months of research, bethering events. and interviews with people who worked at every level, from the factory floor to the boardroom ...more...
Committee Meetings
The committee will be holding its next meeting on Tuesday the 26th of November at 7.30pm. If you have any concerns, or would like to contact the committee, please contact us.