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Newhailes House & Gardens

✦ Ancient woodland70 ha

📷 Carol Walker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome70 ha

Getting here

55.94195, -3.07809

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

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🐦90+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and Herring Gull
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕Old Dairy Ice Cream Parlour — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦90+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and Herring Gull
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕Old Dairy Ice Cream Parlour — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Best for

15 activities

Family friendly

Very strong match

Free

playground, café, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination

Ancient woodland

Very strong match

Free

Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600

Bird watching

Very strong match

Free

Birds — Oystercatcher, Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull +87 more · last seen 2026; Ancient woodland — owls, woodpeckers, warblers

Picnic day out

Very strong match

Free

picnic area, café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space

Playgrounds

Very strong match

Free

playground, toilets, café, parking

Bluebell walks

Very strong match

Free

Ancient woodland — native bluebell habitat

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

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7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Innocent RailwayWalking route▾

Named routeRef CEC5

Core PathsWalking route▾

East Lothian Core Path Network

Named routeLocal walking route

John Muir Way (Edinburgh to Prestonpans)Walking route15.8 km▾

Named routeRef JMWLength 15.8 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

Edinburgh core path - Claremont and Easter RoadWalking route▾

Named routeRef CEC7Regional walking route

North Esk WayWalking route▾

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

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69 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route RRCycling route▾

Named routeRef RRLocal cycle route

Quiet Route 10Cycling route▾

Named routeRef 10Local cycle route

NCN National Route 76Cycling route▾

Named routeRef 76Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network

NCN National Route 196Cycling route▾

Named routeRef 196National Cycle Network

John Muir WayCycling route215 km▾

Named routeRef JMWLength 215 kmPoint-to-pointRegional cycle route

Quiet Route 20Cycling route▾

Named routeRef 20Local cycle route

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Mountain biking

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1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Capital TrailMountain bike route▾

Named route

Wildlife to spot

67,314 records from NBN Atlas

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Wildlife to spot

67,314 records · NBN Atlas

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Birds90 species

autumnwinter

2026

Oystercatcher · Herring Gull · Black-headed Gull · Wigeon · Carrion Crow

+85 more species

All 90 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WigeonMareca penelope
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RedshankTringa totanus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
JackdawColoeus monedula
Common GullLarus canus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
CurlewNumenius arquata
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
GoosanderMergus merganser
TealAnas crecca
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
House SparrowPasser domesticus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Great TitParus major2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Anser anser x Branta canadensisAnser anser x Branta canadensis
CootFulica atra2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus2025
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2025
Haematopus ostralegus ostralegusHaematopus ostralegus ostralegus2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025

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Mammals6 species

autumn

2025

Harbour Seal · Grey Seal · Pipistrelle Bat species · Bottle-nosed Dolphin · Roe Deer

+1 more species

All 6 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Bottle-nosed DolphinTursiops truncatus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

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Insects5 species

winter

2026

Orange Ladybird · Elipsocus hyalinus · 2-spot Ladybird · Ectopsocus petersi · 7-spot Ladybird

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

67,314 records · NBN Atlas

🐦

Birds90 species

autumnwinter

2026

Oystercatcher · Herring Gull · Black-headed Gull · Wigeon · Carrion Crow

+85 more species

All 90 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WigeonMareca penelope
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RedshankTringa totanus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
JackdawColoeus monedula
Common GullLarus canus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
CurlewNumenius arquata
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
GoosanderMergus merganser
TealAnas crecca
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
House SparrowPasser domesticus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Great TitParus major2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Anser anser x Branta canadensisAnser anser x Branta canadensis
CootFulica atra2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus2025
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2025
Haematopus ostralegus ostralegusHaematopus ostralegus ostralegus2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025

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Mammals6 species

autumn

2025

Harbour Seal · Grey Seal · Pipistrelle Bat species · Bottle-nosed Dolphin · Roe Deer

+1 more species

All 6 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Bottle-nosed DolphinTursiops truncatus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

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Insects5 species

winter

2026

Orange Ladybird · Elipsocus hyalinus · 2-spot Ladybird · Ectopsocus petersi · 7-spot Ladybird

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

15 photos from nearby open sources

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📷 Carol Walker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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📷 Carol Walker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Events & activities nearby

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Bookable tours

Facilities

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Café

Old Dairy Ice Cream Parlour · 270m

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Parking

3 nearby · Free · 308m

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Picnic spot

3 · 198m away

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Playground

3 · 203m away

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Toilets

278m away

✦ Ancient✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

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Nearby places

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