Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome17 ha
Getting here
55.96048, -3.16052
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 178m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 178m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Mallard, Tufted Duck +59 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Mallard, Tufted Duck +59 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
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
146 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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 11Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 11Local cycle route
Quiet Route 15Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15Local cycle route
Greenbank to Meadows Quiet RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Capital TrailMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
104,688 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
104,688 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTeal · Mute Swan · Robin · Tufted Duck · Grey Heron +29
- TealAnas crecca
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- CootFulica atra
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- EiderSomateria mollissima
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- SiskinSpinus spinus
Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Soprano Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Weasel +1
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- WeaselMustela nivalis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
10-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · Common Earwig · Bronze Shieldbug +8
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
- Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Hawthorn Shieldbug
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
104,688 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTeal · Mute Swan · Robin · Tufted Duck · Grey Heron +29
- TealAnas crecca
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- CootFulica atra
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- EiderSomateria mollissima
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- SiskinSpinus spinus
Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Soprano Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Weasel +1
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- WeaselMustela nivalis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
10-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · Common Earwig · Bronze Shieldbug +8
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
- Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Hawthorn Shieldbug
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedaeBirch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedaeCommon Flower BugAnthocoris nemorumCommon Flower BugAnthocoris nemorumOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataPine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatusPine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatusEyed LadybirdAnatis ocellataEyed LadybirdAnatis ocellataLarder BeetleDermestes lardariusLarder BeetleDermestes lardarius