Parks

Pilrig Park

A good-sized green space owned by the city of Edinburgh since 1920. The public park has two play areas, allotments, community forestry, and football pitch.

King George V Park

Quiet, leafy park in Edinburgh New Town, near Canonmills. Accessed off Eyre Place, the Rodney Street tunnel, or down a steep pathway from Royal Crescent/Scotland Yard.

Saughton Park

Public park run by the City of Edinburgh Council.

Cammo Estate Park

An 85 acre public park run by the City of Edinburgh council on the North West edge of Edinburgh.

Princes Street Gardens

Princes Street Gardens is the great swathe of greenspace that runs along the length of Princes Street in the city centre under Edinburgh Castle.

Edinburgh Castle Gardens

The Castle Gardens are on a steep hill directly under Edinburgh Castle to the South of the…

Pentland Hills Regional Park

The 11 mile by 6 mile Pentland Hills Regional Park, established on 22 October 1984, stretches from the City Bypass in the North (the southernwest reaches of Edinburgh), to the…

Levenhall Links

Levenhall Links is a coastal, industrial, and recreational area at Musselburgh, near Musselburgh Racecourse, Morrison's Haven and Prestongrange Industrial Heritage Museum.

Burntisland Pettycur Bay

One of the beaches near the seaside towns of Burntisland and Kinghorn. Found across the Firth of Forth in Fife it is a small, sheltered, sandy bay backed by sand dunes.

Fisherrow Links

Just down coast from Edinburgh, East Lothian's Fisherrow links has a nine hole pitch and putt course, 'pay as you play' bowling greens and tennis courts.

Inchcolm Island

Inchcolm Island is a tiny island in the Firth of Forth, between Edinburgh and Fife to the North. It is best known for its ancient and well preserved Augustinian Abbey. The…

Limekilns Beach

Small village beach on the North side of the Firth of Forth.