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Cramond Walled Garden Park

1 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha

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55.97699, -3.29799

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦101+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Carrion Crow
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦101+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Carrion Crow
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· FreePlayground

Best for

9 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Black-headed Gull, Carrion Crow, Lesser Black-backed Gull +98 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Carrion Crow, Lesser Black-backed Gull +98 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground; Urban park — family destination

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Cartodere bifasciata, Large Willow Aphid, Syrphus torvus +8 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Cartodere bifasciata, Large Willow Aphid, Syrphus torvus +8 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Forth & Clyde/Union Canal TowpathWalking route106 km

Named routeLength 106 kmNational walking route

Water of Leith Walkway (Slateford to Leith)Walking route

Named routeRef CEC18Local walking route

John Muir Way (South Queensferry to Edinburgh part 1)Walking route

Named routeRef JMWPoint-to-pointNational walking route

John Muir Way (South Queensferry to Edinburgh part 2)Walking route

Named routeRef JMWPoint-to-pointNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

78 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 75Cycling route

Named routeRef 75National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 76Cycling route

Named routeRef 76Point-to-pointNational 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

Quiet Route 8Cycling route

Named routeRef 8Local cycle route

Quiet Route 12Cycling route

Named routeRef 12Local cycle route

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Capital TrailMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

28,996 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

28,996 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

autumn

2026

Black-headed Gull · Little Grebe · Mallard · Goosander · Herring Gull +51

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
WigeonMareca penelope
Common GullLarus canus
DunlinCalidris alpina
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
TealAnas crecca
LinnetLinaria cannabina
GreenshankTringa nebularia
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Great TitParus major2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
Motacilla cinerea cinereaMotacilla cinerea cinerea2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025

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Mammals5 species

winterautumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Mole · American Mink · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
MoleTalpa europaea
American MinkNeovison vison2025
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects1 species

autumn

2025

Cartodere bifasciata

Cartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

28,996 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

autumn

2026

Black-headed Gull · Little Grebe · Mallard · Goosander · Herring Gull +51

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
WigeonMareca penelope
Common GullLarus canus
DunlinCalidris alpina
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
TealAnas crecca
LinnetLinaria cannabina
GreenshankTringa nebularia
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Great TitParus major2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
Motacilla cinerea cinereaMotacilla cinerea cinerea2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025

🦌

Mammals5 species

winterautumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Mole · American Mink · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
MoleTalpa europaea
American MinkNeovison vison2025
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects1 species

autumn

2025

Cartodere bifasciata

Cartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Jim Smillie · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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