Polkemmet Country Park
✦ Ancient woodland140 ha
Plan your visit
🛝Family🌳Ancient🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome140 ha
Getting here
55.86556, -3.71969
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Country Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Country Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
Best for
12 activities🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
🌳Ancient woodland
Very strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
💜Bluebell walks
Very strong match
Ancient woodland — native bluebell habitat
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km34 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 75Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 75National Cycle Network
Whitburn Town WalkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route198 m▾
Named routeRef 75Length 198 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route185 m▾
Named routeRef 75Length 185 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route5.4 km▾
Named routeRef 75Length 5.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route7 m▾
Named routeRef 75Length 7 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
22 photos from nearby open sources
Bowling green, Polkemmet Country Park
Photos
Bowling green, Polkemmet Country Park
Facilities
☕Café
The Country Café · 153m
🅿️Parking
4 nearby · Free · 82m
✦ Ancient✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
- 🌳Large woodland — room to roam
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
3,098 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,098 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds52 species
springsummer
2025Chaffinch · Reed Bunting · Whitethroat · Kestrel · Robin
+47 more speciesHide species list
All 52 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- TealAnas crecca
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwiftApus apus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Great TitParus major
- CootFulica atra2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
🦌Mammals3 species
springautumn
2025Badger · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel
Common Red Soldier Beetle · Marmalade Hoverfly · Oedemera virescens · Large Red Damselfly · Azure Damselfly
+29 more speciesHide species list
All 34 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Oedemera virescensOedemera virescens
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
- 2-spot Ladybird
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,098 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds52 species
springsummer
2025Chaffinch · Reed Bunting · Whitethroat · Kestrel · Robin
+47 more speciesHide species list
All 52 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- TealAnas crecca
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwiftApus apus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Great TitParus major
- CootFulica atra2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
🦌Mammals3 species
springautumn
2025Badger · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel
Common Red Soldier Beetle · Marmalade Hoverfly · Oedemera virescens · Large Red Damselfly · Azure Damselfly
+29 more speciesHide species list
All 34 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Oedemera virescensOedemera virescens
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
- 2-spot Ladybird
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Adalia bipunctata
Adalia bipunctata
Brachypera zoilusBrachypera zoilusBrachypera zoilusBrachypera zoilusCream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttataCream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttataEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalisEristalisEristalisEristalisAphidAphididaeAphidAphididaeBlack DarterSympetrum danaeBlack DarterSympetrum danaePipizaPipizaPipizaPipizaHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumEristalis nemorumEristalis nemorumEristalis nemorumEristalis nemorumSarcophagaSarcophagaSarcophagaSarcophagaThripidaeThripidaeThripidaeThripidaeOedemeraOedemeraOedemeraOedemeraMelanostomaMelanostoma2024MelanostomaMelanostoma2024Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2024Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2024LeafhopperCicadellidae2024LeafhopperCicadellidae2024Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2024Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2024Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024Sphaeroderma testaceumSphaeroderma testaceum2024Sphaeroderma testaceumSphaeroderma testaceum2024Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024Chirosia betuletiChirosia betuleti2024Chirosia betuletiChirosia betuleti2024Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2024Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2024Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2024Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2024Graphomya maculataGraphomya maculata2024Graphomya maculataGraphomya maculata2024Knotgrass Leaf BeetleChrysolina polita2024Knotgrass Leaf BeetleChrysolina polita2024Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata2024Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata2024Xylota segnisXylota segnis2024Xylota segnisXylota segnis2024