Getting here
55.95191, -3.62031
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Forth & Clyde/Union Canal TowpathWalking route106 km▾
Named routeLength 106 kmNational walking route
River Avon Heritage TrailWalking route14 km▾
Named routeLength 14 kmRegional walking route
Linlithgow Loch CircularWalking route▾
Named routeRef WL3Listed length 2.3 milesLocal walking route
Linlithgow Marches Perambulation routeWalking route▾
John Muir Way (Falkirk to Linlithgow)Walking route15 km▾
Named routeRef JMWLength 15 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route
23 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
John Muir WayCycling route215 km▾
Named routeRef JMWLength 215 kmPoint-to-pointRegional cycle route
NCN National Route 754Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 754National Cycle Network
Nell Burn PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route4.3 km▾
Named routeRef 754Length 4.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route17 m▾
Named routeRef 754Length 17 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface blocks
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 754Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Blue RouteMountain bike route▾
Green RouteMountain bike route▾
Red RouteMountain bike route▾
Great North Trail (Central Belt)Mountain bike route83.7 km▾
Named routeLength 83.7 kmNational Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
10,451 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,451 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Carrion Crow · Mallard · Little Grebe · Coot · Moorhen +46
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
Common Blue Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Mesembrina meridiana · Conops quadrifasciatus +5
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
- Conops quadrifasciatusConops quadrifasciatus
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Eyebright
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,451 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Carrion Crow · Mallard · Little Grebe · Coot · Moorhen +46
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
Common Blue Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Mesembrina meridiana · Conops quadrifasciatus +5
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
- Conops quadrifasciatusConops quadrifasciatus
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Eyebright
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sericomyia silentis
Sericomyia silentis
Sericomyia silentis
Sericomyia silentis
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulusCommon Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusSarcophagaSarcophagaSarcophagaSarcophaga