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Eastern Cemetery

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Getting here

55.96308, -3.16819

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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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕275 cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕275 cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParking

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Moorhen, Magpie +54 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mallard, Moorhen, Magpie +54 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 2-spot Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird +23 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 2-spot Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird +23 more · last seen 2026

Free

Family friendly

Good match

café

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Hiking

Good match

Named hiking route nearby: Edinburgh core path - Claremont and Easter Road

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

10 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

The Royal MileWalking route

Named route

Innocent RailwayWalking route

Named routeRef CEC5

Forth & Clyde/Union Canal TowpathWalking route106 km

Named routeLength 106 kmNational walking route

Core PathsWalking route

East Lothian Core Path Network

Named routeLocal walking route

Water of Leith Walkway (Slateford to Leith)Walking route

Named routeRef CEC18Local walking route

🚴

Cycling

149 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

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

Quiet Route 15Cycling route

Named routeRef 15Local cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Capital TrailMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

83,919 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

83,919 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

winter

2026

Mallard · Moorhen · Magpie · Robin · Blackbird +54

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
MagpiePica pica
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
TealAnas crecca
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Great TitParus major
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Herring GullLarus argentatus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Rock DoveColumba livia
CootFulica atra
Greylag GooseAnser anser
DunnockPrunella modularis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
GoosanderMergus merganser
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Water RailRallus aquaticus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
SiskinSpinus spinus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Common GullLarus canus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
GreenfinchChloris chloris
EiderSomateria mollissima
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata
Accipiter nisus nisusAccipiter nisus nisus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025

🦌

Mammals8 species

spring

2026

Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species · Soprano Pipistrelle · Red Fox +3

Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
WeaselMustela nivalis
House MouseMus musculus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects26 species

winterspring

2026

2-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug +21

2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens
Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus
Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae
Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
Striped LadybirdMyzia oblongoguttata
Anthocoris confususAnthocoris confusus
Acericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydenii
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus
Larder BeetleDermestes lardarius
Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
Ectopsocus petersiEctopsocus petersi
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025
Trichopsocus brinckiTrichopsocus brincki2025
Cartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciata2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

83,919 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

winter

2026

Mallard · Moorhen · Magpie · Robin · Blackbird +54

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
MagpiePica pica
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
TealAnas crecca
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Great TitParus major
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Herring GullLarus argentatus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Rock DoveColumba livia
CootFulica atra
Greylag GooseAnser anser
DunnockPrunella modularis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
GoosanderMergus merganser
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Water RailRallus aquaticus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
SiskinSpinus spinus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Common GullLarus canus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
GreenfinchChloris chloris
EiderSomateria mollissima
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata
Accipiter nisus nisusAccipiter nisus nisus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025

🦌

Mammals8 species

spring

2026

Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species · Soprano Pipistrelle · Red Fox +3

Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
WeaselMustela nivalis
House MouseMus musculus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects26 species

winterspring

2026

2-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug +21

2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens
Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus
Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae
Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
Striped LadybirdMyzia oblongoguttata
Anthocoris confususAnthocoris confusus
Acericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydenii
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus
Larder BeetleDermestes lardarius
Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
Ectopsocus petersiEctopsocus petersi
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025
Trichopsocus brinckiTrichopsocus brincki2025
Cartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciata2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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