Plan your visit
🛝Family🧺Picnic🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome38 ha
Getting here
55.96350, -3.21686
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Milk — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Milk — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Moorhen +55 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Moorhen +55 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 2-spot Ladybird, Orange Ladybird +37 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 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
167 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
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
67,494 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
67,494 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Robin · Chaffinch +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- CootFulica atra
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Eristalis tenax · Harlequin Ladybird · Common Flower Bug · Orange Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird +4
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
- 10-spot Ladybird
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
67,494 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Robin · Chaffinch +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- CootFulica atra
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Eristalis tenax · Harlequin Ladybird · Common Flower Bug · Orange Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird +4
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
- 10-spot Ladybird
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Adalia decempunctata
Adalia decempunctata
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridusBronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus