← Back🌱 Urban park
Saughton Rose Gardens
0 ha
Plan your visit
🎠Play🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
55.93369, -3.24853
Open directionsv
Best for
10 activities🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Robin, Moorhen +50 more · last seen 2026
Birds — Magpie, Robin, Moorhen +50 more · last seen 2026
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 10-spot Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird +32 more · last seen 2026
Dogs allowed with public access
Named hiking route nearby: John Muir Way (South Queensferry to Edinburgh part 1)
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km15 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Royal MileWalking route▾
Innocent RailwayWalking route▾
Named routeRef CEC5
Forth & Clyde/Union Canal TowpathWalking route106 km▾
Named routeLength 106 kmNational walking route
Pentland Way (Glencorse Reservoir to Swanston)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Water of Leith Walkway (Slateford to Leith)Walking route▾
Named routeRef CEC18Local walking route
217 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route RRCycling route▾
Named routeRef RRLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 754Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 754National Cycle Network
Quiet Route 10Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 10Local cycle route
Quiet Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6Local cycle route
Quiet Route 9Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 9Local cycle route
Quiet Route 11Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 11Local cycle route
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Dreghorn-CastlelawMountain bike route▾
Bonaly - Glencorse off road cycle routeMountain bike route▾
Great North Trail (Central Belt)Mountain bike route83.7 km▾
Named routeLength 83.7 kmNational Cycle Network
Pentland Reservoirs MTBMountain bike route▾
Capital TrailMountain bike route▾
Great North Trail (Scottish Borders)Mountain bike route154.8 km▾
Named routeLength 154.8 kmNational Cycle Network
About this urban park
Saughton Rose Gardens is a urban park covering 0 hectares.
Photos
22 photos from nearby open sources
Autumn, Saughton Park Gardens
Photos
Autumn, Saughton Park Gardens
Visiting this spring
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
- 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best
🌱 Visiting this spring
- 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
- 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best
Facilities
☕Café
Four Square Park Cafe · 90m
🅿️Parking
10 nearby · Free · 120m
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
57,031 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
57,031 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds53 species
autumnwinter
2026Magpie · Robin · Moorhen · Grey Heron · Blackbird
+48 more speciesHide species list
All 53 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great TitParus major
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- CootFulica atra
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Bombycilla garrulus garrulusBombycilla garrulus garrulus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
🦌Mammals4 species
winterautumn
2026Grey Squirrel · Otter · American Mink · Rabbit
🐝Insects35 species
springautumn
2026Harlequin Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Pine Ladybird
+30 more speciesHide species list
All 35 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- 2-spot Ladybird
Water Screw-moss · Marble Screw-moss · Common Striated Feather-moss · Rusty Feather-moss · Blunt Feather-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
57,031 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds53 species
autumnwinter
2026Magpie · Robin · Moorhen · Grey Heron · Blackbird
+48 more speciesHide species list
All 53 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great TitParus major
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- CootFulica atra
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Bombycilla garrulus garrulusBombycilla garrulus garrulus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
🦌Mammals4 species
winterautumn
2026Grey Squirrel · Otter · American Mink · Rabbit
🐝Insects35 species
springautumn
2026Harlequin Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Pine Ladybird
+30 more speciesHide species list
All 35 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- 2-spot Ladybird
Water Screw-moss · Marble Screw-moss · Common Striated Feather-moss · Rusty Feather-moss · Blunt Feather-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Adalia bipunctata
Adalia bipunctata
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesLarge Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignusLarge Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusCream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttataCream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttataPhaonia signataPhaonia signataPhaonia signataPhaonia signataBirch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Gorse WeevilExapion ulicisGorse WeevilExapion ulicisEyed LadybirdAnatis ocellataEyed LadybirdAnatis ocellataCommon Flower BugAnthocoris nemorumCommon Flower BugAnthocoris nemorumDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvus2025Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025PolietesPolietes2025PolietesPolietes2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterataLarch LadybirdAphidecta obliterataEndomychus coccineusEndomychus coccineusEndomychus coccineusEndomychus coccineusBuchananiella continuaBuchananiella continuaBuchananiella continuaBuchananiella continuaEctopsocus axillarisEctopsocus axillarisEctopsocus axillarisEctopsocus axillarisIdiocerus stigmaticalisIdiocerus stigmaticalis2025Idiocerus stigmaticalisIdiocerus stigmaticalis2025Salpingus planirostrisSalpingus planirostris2025Salpingus planirostrisSalpingus planirostris2025Trioza urticaeTrioza urticae2025Trioza urticaeTrioza urticae2025Peplomyza lituraPeplomyza litura2025Peplomyza lituraPeplomyza litura2025Ribautiana ulmiRibautiana ulmi2025Ribautiana ulmiRibautiana ulmi2025Phaonia subventaPhaonia subventa2025Phaonia subventaPhaonia subventa2025Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus2025Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus2025Issus coleoptratusIssus coleoptratus2025Issus coleoptratusIssus coleoptratus2025Muscina levidaMuscina levida2025Muscina levidaMuscina levida2025Phaonia validaPhaonia valida2025Phaonia validaPhaonia valida2025Events & activities nearby
Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.