Plan your visit
🎠Play🛝Family🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
55.91067, -2.88529
Open directionsv
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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 164m 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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 164m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Urban park — open green space
Free
🚵Mountain biking
Good match
Named MTB route nearby: Capital Trail
Varies
Named hiking route nearby: Core Paths
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Core PathsWalking route▾
East Lothian Core Path Network
Named routeLocal walking route
Pencaitland Railway WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
27 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
1722 WaggonwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 76Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 76Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network
NCN National Route 196Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 196National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1 km▾
Named routeRef 196Length 1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route499 m▾
Named routeRef 196Length 499 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route17 m▾
Named routeRef 196Length 17 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface other
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Capital TrailMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
8,702 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,702 records · National Biodiversity NetworkFieldfare · Redwing · Rook · Robin · Carrion Crow +38
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
🦌Mammals6 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Otter · Red Fox +1
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- OtterLutra lutra
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- WeaselMustela nivalis2025
7-spot Ladybird · 14-spot Ladybird · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Corizus hyoscyami · Syrphus +6
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria
- Cantharis nigricans
🌿Plants2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Winter Heliotrope · Dog's Mercury
- Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,702 records · National Biodiversity NetworkFieldfare · Redwing · Rook · Robin · Carrion Crow +38
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
🦌Mammals6 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Otter · Red Fox +1
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- OtterLutra lutra
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- WeaselMustela nivalis2025
7-spot Ladybird · 14-spot Ladybird · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Corizus hyoscyami · Syrphus +6
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria
- Cantharis nigricans
🌿Plants2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Winter Heliotrope · Dog's Mercury
- Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cantharis nigricans
Cantharis nigricans
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorCommon Carder BeeBombus pascuorumCommon Carder BeeBombus pascuorumSmall Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorumSmall Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorumRed-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidariusRed-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius