Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome24 ha
Getting here
55.92107, -3.26850
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Magpie
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 198m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Magpie
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 198m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Magpie, Woodpigeon +53 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Magpie, Woodpigeon +53 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, 2-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird +68 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km15 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
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 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
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Dreghorn-CastlelawMountain bike route▾
Bonaly - Glencorse off road cycle routeMountain bike route▾
Great North Trail (Central Belt)Mountain bike route83.7 km▾
Named routeLength 83.7 kmNational Cycle Network
Pentland Reservoirs MTBMountain bike route▾
Capital TrailMountain bike route▾
Great North Trail (Scottish Borders)Mountain bike route154.8 km▾
Named routeLength 154.8 kmNational Cycle Network
Photos
Sculpture, Hailes Quarry Park
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
45,151 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
45,151 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Grey Heron · Dipper · Mallard · Moorhen +24
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
7-spot Ladybird · Pine Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird +23
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata
- Hawthorn Shieldbug
Water Screw-moss · Marble Screw-moss · Common Striated Feather-moss · Blunt Feather-moss · Rusty Feather-moss
- Water Screw-mossSyntrichia latifolia
- Marble Screw-mossSyntrichia papillosa
- 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
45,151 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Grey Heron · Dipper · Mallard · Moorhen +24
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
7-spot Ladybird · Pine Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird +23
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata
- Hawthorn Shieldbug
Water Screw-moss · Marble Screw-moss · Common Striated Feather-moss · Blunt Feather-moss · Rusty Feather-moss
- Water Screw-mossSyntrichia latifolia
- Marble Screw-mossSyntrichia papillosa
- Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum
- Blunt Feather-mossHomalia trichomanoides
- Rusty Feather-mossSciuro-hypnum plumosum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctataEyed LadybirdAnatis ocellataEyed LadybirdAnatis ocellataCream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttataCream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttataDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensChilenocaecilius ornatipennisChilenocaecilius ornatipennisChilenocaecilius ornatipennisChilenocaecilius ornatipennisEctopsocus petersiEctopsocus petersiEctopsocus petersiEctopsocus petersiTrichopsocus brinckiTrichopsocus brinckiTrichopsocus brinckiTrichopsocus brinckiSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusCommon Flower BugAnthocoris nemorumCommon Flower BugAnthocoris nemorumRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesAcericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydeniiJuniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatusJuniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatusEpicaecilius pilipennisEpicaecilius pilipennisEpicaecilius pilipennisEpicaecilius pilipennisBronze ShieldbugTroilus luridusBronze ShieldbugTroilus luridusPalloptera scutellataPalloptera scutellataPalloptera scutellataPalloptera scutellataPhaonia signataPhaonia signataPhaonia signataPhaonia signataBirch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedaeBirch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedaeEmpoasca vitisEmpoasca vitisEmpoasca vitisEmpoasca vitisLarge Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignusLarge Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignusBuchananiella continuaBuchananiella continuaBuchananiella continuaBuchananiella continuaEctopsocus axillarisEctopsocus axillarisEctopsocus axillarisEctopsocus axillarisEvents & activities nearby
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