Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
55.90679, -3.25887
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Munro — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Munro — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Magpie +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Magpie +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, 2-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird +67 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Royal MileWalking route▾
Forth & Clyde/Union Canal TowpathWalking route106 km▾
Named routeLength 106 kmNational walking route
Pentland Way (Glencorse Reservoir to Swanston)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal 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
137 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 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
Greenbank to Meadows Quiet RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Dreghorn-CastlelawMountain bike route▾
Bonaly - Glencorse off road cycle routeMountain bike route▾
Harlaw-GlencorseMountain bike route▾
Great North Trail (Central Belt)Mountain bike route83.7 km▾
Named routeLength 83.7 kmNational Cycle Network
Bavelaw-FlotterstoneMountain bike route▾
Black Hill MTBMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
58,720 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
58,720 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Grey Heron · Blue Tit · House Sparrow · Woodpigeon +30
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects24 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Trichopsocus brincki · Harlequin Ladybird · Chilenocaecilius ornatipennis +19
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Trichopsocus brinckiTrichopsocus brincki
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Chilenocaecilius ornatipennisChilenocaecilius ornatipennis
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Common Striated Feather-moss · Blunt Feather-moss · Rusty Feather-moss
- Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum
- Blunt Feather-mossHomalia trichomanoides
- Rusty Feather-mossSciuro-hypnum plumosum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
58,720 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Grey Heron · Blue Tit · House Sparrow · Woodpigeon +30
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects24 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Trichopsocus brincki · Harlequin Ladybird · Chilenocaecilius ornatipennis +19
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Trichopsocus brinckiTrichopsocus brincki
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Chilenocaecilius ornatipennisChilenocaecilius ornatipennis
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Common Striated Feather-moss · Blunt Feather-moss · Rusty Feather-moss
- Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum
- Blunt Feather-mossHomalia trichomanoides
- Rusty Feather-mossSciuro-hypnum plumosum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas