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Newhailes House & Gardens

70 ha

📷 Carol Walker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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FamilyAncientBirds

Public accessFree entryDogs welcome70 ha

Getting here

55.94195, -3.07809

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦90+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and Herring Gull
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕Old Dairy Ice Cream Parlour — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦90+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and Herring Gull
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕Old Dairy Ice Cream Parlour — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

CaféParking· FreePicnic spotPlaygroundToilets

Best for

15 activities

Family friendly

Very strong match

playground, café, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination

Free

Ancient woodland

Very strong match

Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Oystercatcher, Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull +87 more · last seen 2026; Ancient woodland — owls, woodpeckers, warblers

Free

Picnic day out

Very strong match

picnic area, café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space

Free

Playgrounds

Very strong match

playground, toilets, café, parking

Free

Bluebell walks

Very strong match

Ancient woodland — native bluebell habitat

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Innocent RailwayWalking route

Named routeRef CEC5

Core PathsWalking route

East Lothian Core Path Network

Named routeLocal walking route

John Muir Way (Edinburgh to Prestonpans)Walking route15.8 km

Named routeRef JMWLength 15.8 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

Edinburgh core path - Claremont and Easter RoadWalking route

Named routeRef CEC7Regional walking route

North Esk WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

69 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route RRCycling route

Named routeRef RRLocal cycle route

Quiet Route 10Cycling route

Named routeRef 10Local cycle route

NCN National Route 76Cycling route

Named routeRef 76Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network

NCN National Route 196Cycling route

Named routeRef 196National 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

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Capital TrailMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

70,359 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

70,359 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds47 species

winter

2026

Wigeon · Oystercatcher · Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Herring Gull +42

WigeonMareca penelope
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
RedshankTringa totanus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Mute SwanCygnus olor
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
JackdawColoeus monedula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
CurlewNumenius arquata
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Common GullLarus canus2025
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
GoosanderMergus merganser
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
TealAnas crecca
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Anser anser x Branta canadensisAnser anser x Branta canadensis
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025

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Insects5 species

winter

2026

Orange Ladybird · Elipsocus hyalinus · 2-spot Ladybird · Ectopsocus petersi · 7-spot Ladybird

Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Elipsocus hyalinusElipsocus hyalinus
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Ectopsocus petersiEctopsocus petersi
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

70,359 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds47 species

winter

2026

Wigeon · Oystercatcher · Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Herring Gull +42

WigeonMareca penelope
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
RedshankTringa totanus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Mute SwanCygnus olor
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
JackdawColoeus monedula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
CurlewNumenius arquata
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Common GullLarus canus2025
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
GoosanderMergus merganser
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
TealAnas crecca
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Anser anser x Branta canadensisAnser anser x Branta canadensis
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025

🐝

Insects5 species

winter

2026

Orange Ladybird · Elipsocus hyalinus · 2-spot Ladybird · Ectopsocus petersi · 7-spot Ladybird

Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Elipsocus hyalinusElipsocus hyalinus
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Ectopsocus petersiEctopsocus petersi
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Carol Walker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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