🛝Family🎠Play🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
55.82712, -3.21907
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Cabin — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Cabin — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named cycling route nearby: NCN National Route 196
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Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pentland Way (Glencorse Reservoir to Swanston)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
North Esk WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Glencorse View WalkWalking route▾
Pentland Way (Alternative)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Midlothian Core PathsWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 196Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 196National Cycle Network
Loanhead to Roslin Railway PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Quiet Route 61Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 61Local cycle route
Main RouteCycling route563 m▾
Named routeRef 196Length 563 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route882 m▾
Named routeRef 196Length 882 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route200 m▾
Named routeLength 200 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Dreghorn-CastlelawMountain bike route▾
Bonaly - Glencorse off road cycle routeMountain bike route▾
Harlaw-GlencorseMountain bike route▾
Bavelaw-FlotterstoneMountain bike route▾
Black Hill MTBMountain bike route▾
Pentland Reservoirs MTBMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
21,066 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
21,066 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Great Tit · Water Rail · Blue Tit · Magpie · Coal Tit +43
- Great TitParus major2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Water Vole · Wood Mouse
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Carabus problematicus · Orange Ladybird · Metopolophium (Metopolophium) dirhodum · Chilenocaecilius ornatipennis · Sitobion (Sitobion) fragariae +1
- Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
- Metopolophium (Metopolophium) dirhodumMetopolophium (Metopolophium) dirhodum2025
- Chilenocaecilius ornatipennisChilenocaecilius ornatipennis2025
- Sitobion (Sitobion) fragariaeSitobion (Sitobion) fragariae2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,066 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Great Tit · Water Rail · Blue Tit · Magpie · Coal Tit +43
- Great TitParus major2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Water Vole · Wood Mouse
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Carabus problematicus · Orange Ladybird · Metopolophium (Metopolophium) dirhodum · Chilenocaecilius ornatipennis · Sitobion (Sitobion) fragariae +1
- Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
- Metopolophium (Metopolophium) dirhodumMetopolophium (Metopolophium) dirhodum2025
- Chilenocaecilius ornatipennisChilenocaecilius ornatipennis2025
- Sitobion (Sitobion) fragariaeSitobion (Sitobion) fragariae2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Notiophilus biguttatusNotiophilus biguttatus2025Notiophilus biguttatusNotiophilus biguttatus2025Events & activities nearby
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