Plan your visit
🛝Family🧺Picnic🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome25 ha
Getting here
55.97092, -3.16476
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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 Blackbird and Mallard
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café & Organic Farm Shop — 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 Blackbird and Mallard
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café & Organic Farm Shop — 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🐄Farm visit
🛝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 — Blackbird, Mallard, Moorhen +55 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Mallard, Moorhen +55 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Orange Ladybird, 2-spot Ladybird +15 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 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
Core PathsWalking route▾
East Lothian Core Path Network
Named routeLocal walking route
Water of Leith Walkway (Slateford to Leith)Walking route▾
Named routeRef CEC18Local walking route
148 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 75Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 75National Cycle Network
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
Quiet Route 20Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 20Local cycle route
Quiet Route 8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 8Local cycle route
Quiet Route 61Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 61Local cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Capital TrailMountain bike route▾
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
58,102 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
58,102 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTeal · Blackbird · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Mallard +27
- TealAnas crecca
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- CootFulica atra
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- EiderSomateria mollissima
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Soprano Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
10-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Birch Catkin Bug +7
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae
- Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum
- Orange Ladybird
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
58,102 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTeal · Blackbird · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Mallard +27
- TealAnas crecca
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- CootFulica atra
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- EiderSomateria mollissima
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Soprano Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
10-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Birch Catkin Bug +7
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae
- Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum
- Orange Ladybird
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Halyzia sedecimguttata
Halyzia sedecimguttata
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatusPine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatusEyed LadybirdAnatis ocellataEyed LadybirdAnatis ocellataCommon EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridusBronze ShieldbugTroilus luridusLarder BeetleDermestes lardariusLarder BeetleDermestes lardariusEvents & activities nearby
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