Plan your visit
🛝Family🧺Picnic🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome26 ha
Getting here
55.93497, -3.25173
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦53+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Grey Heron
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Four Square Park Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦53+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Grey Heron
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Four Square Park Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Grey Heron, Robin +50 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Magpie, Grey Heron, Robin +50 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 2-spot Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird +45 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km15 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
Pentland Way (Glencorse Reservoir to Swanston)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Water of Leith Walkway (Slateford to Leith)Walking route▾
Named routeRef CEC18Local walking route
216 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route RRCycling route▾
Named routeRef RRLocal cycle route
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 9Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 9Local cycle route
Quiet Route 11Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 11Local cycle route
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Dreghorn-CastlelawMountain bike route▾
Bonaly - Glencorse off road cycle routeMountain bike route▾
Great North Trail (Central Belt)Mountain bike route83.7 km▾
Named routeLength 83.7 kmNational Cycle Network
Pentland Reservoirs MTBMountain bike route▾
Capital TrailMountain bike route▾
Great North Trail (Scottish Borders)Mountain bike route154.8 km▾
Named routeLength 154.8 kmNational Cycle Network
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All weather pitch, Saughton Park
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
49,851 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
49,851 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
winterspring
2026▾
Mallard · Moorhen · Dipper · Grey Heron · Blackbird +32
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great TitParus major
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- CootFulica atra
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Grey Squirrel · Otter
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- OtterLutra lutra
Orange Ladybird · Pine Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Gorse Weevil +10
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
- Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
- Cream-spot Ladybird
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
49,851 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
winterspring
2026▾
Mallard · Moorhen · Dipper · Grey Heron · Blackbird +32
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great TitParus major
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- CootFulica atra
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Grey Squirrel · Otter
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- OtterLutra lutra
Orange Ladybird · Pine Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Gorse Weevil +10
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
- Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
- Cream-spot Ladybird
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorumCommon Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctataHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidalePhaonia signataPhaonia signataPhaonia signataPhaonia signataLarch LadybirdAphidecta obliterataLarch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensEvents & activities nearby
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