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Oxenfoord Castle

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📷 Richard West · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome0 ha

Getting here

55.87875, -2.97944

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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
  • 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Parking· Free

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Moorhen, Greylag Goose, Kestrel +96 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Moorhen, Greylag Goose, Kestrel +96 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Common Orange Lichen, Physcia tenella, Unguiculariopsis thallophila +20 more · last seen 2016; Fungi — Common Orange Lichen, Physcia tenella, Unguiculariopsis thallophila +20 more · last seen 2016

Varies

Seasonal nature

Plants — Tufted Hair-grass, Woodruff, Sanicle +150 more · last seen 2017; Plants — Tufted Hair-grass, Woodruff, Sanicle +150 more · last seen 2017

Free

Foraging

Plants — Garlic Mustard, Dandelion, Hawthorn +20 more foraging species

Varies

Heritage

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Core PathsWalking route

East Lothian Core Path Network

Named routeLocal walking route
Gorebridge Circular WalkWalking route
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Gore WayWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Pencaitland Railway WalkWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
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Cycling

27 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 196Cycling route
Named routeRef 196National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 6Cycling route

Tynemouth - Edinburgh

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
NCN 1 Innerleithen to EdinburghCycling route
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route640 m
Named routeRef 196Length 640 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route822 m
Named routeRef 196Length 822 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route585 m
Named routeRef 196Length 585 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Capital TrailMountain bike route
Named route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Midlothian Architecture : Oxenfoord Castle, near Pathhead

📷 Richard West · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Midlothian Architecture : Oxenfoord Castle, near Pathhead

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