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King George V Memorial Park

5 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha

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56.06197, -3.49956

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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 Woodpigeon and Blackbird
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· FreePlayground

Best for

9 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +59 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +59 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground; Urban park — family destination

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Anoplotrupes stercorosus, Hawthorn Shieldbug +13 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Anoplotrupes stercorosus, Hawthorn Shieldbug +13 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Fife Pilgrim WayWalking route

Culross or North Queensferry to St Andrews

Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Fife Coastal PathWalking route190 km

Named routeRef FCPLength 190 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

John Muir Way (Linlithgow to South Queensferry)Walking route24 km

Named routeRef JMWLength 24 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

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Cycling

85 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 76Cycling route

Named routeRef 76Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network

John Muir WayCycling route215 km

Named routeRef JMWLength 215 kmPoint-to-pointRegional cycle route

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 7Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

NCN 1 Edinburgh to Loch LevenCycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Kingdom Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route

NCN National Route 764Cycling route

Named routeRef 764National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

2,999 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,999 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

summerautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Blue Tit · Magpie +59

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MagpiePica pica2025
Great TitParus major
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
SwiftApus apus2021
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2021
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2023
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2020
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Alauda arvensis arvensisAlauda arvensis arvensis2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
SiskinSpinus spinus2021
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2020

🦌

Mammals11 species

summerautumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel · Hedgehog · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle +6

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
Brown Hare

🐝

Insects16 species

springsummerautumn

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Hawthorn Shieldbug · 11-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly +11

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
11-spot LadybirdCoccinella undecimpunctata2023
Marmalade Hoverfly

🌿

Plants3 species

summer

2022

Giant Hogweed · Common Nettle · Himalayan Balsam

Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
Common NettleUrtica dioica2021
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2020

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,999 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

summerautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Blue Tit · Magpie +59

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MagpiePica pica2025
Great TitParus major
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
SwiftApus apus2021
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2021
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2023
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2020
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Alauda arvensis arvensisAlauda arvensis arvensis2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
SiskinSpinus spinus2021
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2020

🦌

Mammals11 species

summerautumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel · Hedgehog · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle +6

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
Brown Hare

🐝

Insects16 species

springsummerautumn

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Hawthorn Shieldbug · 11-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly +11

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
11-spot LadybirdCoccinella undecimpunctata2023
Marmalade Hoverfly

🌿

Plants3 species

summer

2022

Giant Hogweed · Common Nettle · Himalayan Balsam

Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
Common NettleUrtica dioica2021
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2020

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Euchiasmus · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Cairneyhill Road and the Crossford Motor Company

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