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Stanrigg Memorial Park

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📷 James Denham · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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55.91244, -3.94399

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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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw +68 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw +68 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Brooklime, Jointed Rush, Marsh Foxtail +170 more · last seen 2017; Plants — Brooklime, Jointed Rush, Marsh Foxtail +170 more · last seen 2017

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Autumn Hawkbit, Elder, Bilberry +19 more foraging species

Varies

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground; Urban park — family destination

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

The North Calder Heritage TrailWalking route

Named route

Abronhill and Palacerigg CircuitWalking route

Named route

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Cycling

43 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 75Cycling route

Named routeRef 75National Cycle Network

Cumbernauld Cycle Route 1eCycling route

Named routeRef 1eLocal cycle route

Cumbernauld Cycle Route 2Cycling route

Named routeRef 2Local cycle route

Cumbernauld Cycle Route 1fCycling route

Named routeRef 1fLocal cycle route

Cumbernauld Cycle Route 3aCycling route

Named routeRef 3aLocal cycle route

Cumbernauld Cycle Route 3Cycling route

Named routeRef 3Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

1,100 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,100 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds18 species

autumn

2026

Great Tit · Blue Tit · Mallard · Teal · Raven +13

Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
TealAnas crecca2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025

🌿

Plants118 species

summer

2024

Broad-leaved Willowherb · Hogweed · Meadow Vetchling · Cock's-foot · Common Spotted-orchid +113

Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Hop TrefoilTrifolium campestre
Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
FuchsiaFuchsia magellanica
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Downy BirchBetula pubescens
White CloverTrifolium repens
Northern DockRumex longifolius
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
Dark-leaved WillowSalix myrsinifolia
Tall MelilotMelilotus altissimus
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
Curled DockRumex crispus
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
RowanSorbus aucuparia
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Red FescueFestuca rubra
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Common SallowSalix cinerea
HawkweedHieracium
DandelionTaraxacum
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Tufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxa
EyebrightEuphrasia
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica
HazelCorylus avellana
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia
Oval SedgeCarex leporina
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea
Common Water-starwortCallitriche stagnalis
CleaversGalium aparine
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Common SedgeCarex nigra
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
BeechFagus sylvatica
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum
Fringed PearlwortSagina filicaulis
Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium
European LarchLarix decidua
Phleum pratensePhleum pratense
Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
NipplewortLapsana communis
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
Erophila vernaErophila verna
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Common BentAgrostis capillaris
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre
Northern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurella
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Red CampionSilene dioica
RoseRosa
Toad RushJuncus bufonius
YarrowAchillea millefolium
AlderAlnus glutinosa
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
TormentilPotentilla erecta
Sitka SprucePicea sitchensis
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,100 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds18 species

autumn

2026

Great Tit · Blue Tit · Mallard · Teal · Raven +13

Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
TealAnas crecca2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025

🌿

Plants118 species

summer

2024

Broad-leaved Willowherb · Hogweed · Meadow Vetchling · Cock's-foot · Common Spotted-orchid +113

Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Hop TrefoilTrifolium campestre
Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
FuchsiaFuchsia magellanica
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Downy BirchBetula pubescens
White CloverTrifolium repens
Northern DockRumex longifolius
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
Dark-leaved WillowSalix myrsinifolia
Tall MelilotMelilotus altissimus
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
Curled DockRumex crispus
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
RowanSorbus aucuparia
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Red FescueFestuca rubra
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Common SallowSalix cinerea
HawkweedHieracium
DandelionTaraxacum
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Tufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxa
EyebrightEuphrasia
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica
HazelCorylus avellana
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia
Oval SedgeCarex leporina
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea
Common Water-starwortCallitriche stagnalis
CleaversGalium aparine
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Common SedgeCarex nigra
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
BeechFagus sylvatica
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum
Fringed PearlwortSagina filicaulis
Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium
European LarchLarix decidua
Phleum pratensePhleum pratense
Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
NipplewortLapsana communis
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
Erophila vernaErophila verna
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Common BentAgrostis capillaris
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre
Northern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurella
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Red CampionSilene dioica
RoseRosa
Toad RushJuncus bufonius
YarrowAchillea millefolium
AlderAlnus glutinosa
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
TormentilPotentilla erecta
Sitka SprucePicea sitchensis
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 James Denham · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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