In the later 19th and early 20th century, people began to have more leisure time and looked for activities locally with which to spend that time.
Today, Meigle boasts a local shop, two popular cafés, a pub, a primary school, a museum, a community shed, an outdoor education centre, village and church halls, a thriving top-level county cricket team, and a plethora of volunteer-run groups and organisations, demonstrating that the community spirit of this historic village is alive and well in the 21st century.