A useful outdoor place with open-data visitor information.
Dogs welcome
Getting here
55.97045, -3.19455
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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
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 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
Water of Leith Walkway (Slateford to Leith)Walking route▾
Named routeRef CEC18Local walking route
John Muir Way (South Queensferry to Edinburgh part 1)Walking route▾
Named routeRef JMWPoint-to-pointNational walking route
145 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 75Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 75National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 76Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 76Point-to-pointNational 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
Quiet Route 8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 8Local cycle route
Quiet Route 61Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 61Local cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Capital TrailMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
82,692 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
82,692 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Blackbird · Robin · Woodpigeon · Dunnock +33
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- MagpiePica pica
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Great TitParus major
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- CootFulica atra
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Soprano Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
10-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Common Earwig · Bronze Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird +6
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
- Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Birch Catkin Bug
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
82,692 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Blackbird · Robin · Woodpigeon · Dunnock +33
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- MagpiePica pica
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Great TitParus major
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- CootFulica atra
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Soprano Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
10-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Common Earwig · Bronze Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird +6
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
- Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Birch Catkin Bug
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Kleidocerys resedae
Kleidocerys resedae
Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorumCommon Flower BugAnthocoris nemorumOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataPine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatusPine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctataEvents & activities nearby
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