James Young Simpson Memorial Garden
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🧺Picnic🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
55.90264, -3.63775
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and House Sparrow
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Cappadocia — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and House Sparrow
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Cappadocia — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, House Sparrow, Woodpigeon +59 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, House Sparrow, Woodpigeon +59 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Red-legged Shieldbug, Orange Ladybird +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
River Avon Heritage TrailWalking route14 km▾
Named routeLength 14 kmRegional walking route
58 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 75Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 75National Cycle Network
Nell Burn PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
River Almond to Breich WaterCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Almond Valley PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Whitburn Town WalkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route32 m▾
Named routeRef 75Length 32 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface blocks
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Blue RouteMountain bike route▾
Green RouteMountain bike route▾
Red RouteMountain bike route▾
Photos
James Young Simpson memorial arch, Bathgate
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Wildlife to spot
25,525 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
25,525 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
summerwinter
2026▾
Starling · Magpie · Robin · House Sparrow · Swallow +26
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- TealAnas crecca2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Roe Deer · Red Fox · Hedgehog
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Syrphus · Vine Weevil · Black Clock +15
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus2025
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
25,525 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
summerwinter
2026▾
Starling · Magpie · Robin · House Sparrow · Swallow +26
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- TealAnas crecca2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Roe Deer · Red Fox · Hedgehog
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Syrphus · Vine Weevil · Black Clock +15
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus2025
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
2025
2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Otiorhynchus armadilloOtiorhynchus armadillo2025Otiorhynchus armadilloOtiorhynchus armadillo2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata2025Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Conops quadrifasciatusConops quadrifasciatus2025Conops quadrifasciatusConops quadrifasciatus2025EristalisEristalis2025EristalisEristalis2025Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025Brown ChaferSerica brunnea2025Brown ChaferSerica brunnea20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita2025Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025