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West Meadow Park
Plan your visit
🎠Play🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
55.94154, -3.19505
Open directionsv
Best for
9 activities🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Robin, Woodpigeon +49 more · last seen 2026
Birds — Magpie, Robin, Woodpigeon +49 more · last seen 2026
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 2-spot Ladybird, 10-spot Ladybird +47 more · last seen 2026
Dogs allowed with public access
Named hiking route nearby: John Muir Way (Edinburgh to Prestonpans)
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 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
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
177 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
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Dreghorn-CastlelawMountain bike route▾
Great North Trail (Central Belt)Mountain bike route83.7 km▾
Named routeLength 83.7 kmNational Cycle Network
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
West Meadow Park is a urban park.
Photos
22 photos from nearby open sources
Meadow Park (Borehamwood)
Photos
Meadow Park (Borehamwood)
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
✓ 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
80,044 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
80,044 records · NBN AtlasMagpie · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Carrion Crow
+47 more speciesHide species list
All 52 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis
- TealAnas crecca
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Common GullLarus canus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2025
- Bombycilla garrulus garrulusBombycilla garrulus garrulus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Mole · Brown Rat · Rabbit
🐸Amphibians4 species
spring
2026Common Toad · Common Frog · Palmate Newt · Alpine Newt
Harlequin Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Orange Ladybird
+45 more speciesHide species list
All 50 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
80,044 records · NBN AtlasMagpie · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Carrion Crow
+47 more speciesHide species list
All 52 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis
- TealAnas crecca
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Common GullLarus canus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2025
- Bombycilla garrulus garrulusBombycilla garrulus garrulus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Mole · Brown Rat · Rabbit
🐸Amphibians4 species
spring
2026Common Toad · Common Frog · Palmate Newt · Alpine Newt
Harlequin Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Orange Ladybird
+45 more speciesHide species list
All 50 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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