Inverleith Park – Walks Live

Inverleith Park is a major public park, managed by the City of Edinburgh, a little North from the city centre. It’s free to the public to use, although major events require a license. In a typical year, Inverleith Park hosts up to 400 events.

The park  at 54 acres is one of Edinburgh’s largest open green-spaces and is well set up for sporting and recreational activities with its 3 football, 4 rugby and 6 seven-a-side pitches, a cricket square, petanque area, and a children’s playground.

As well as the large open green spaces for sporting activities, the park has a good-sized boating pond with raised banks above it for spectators. The pond is frequented by swans and ducks and at one end there is a “marsh” area with a wooden walkway with tall reeds growing around it.

Inverleith Park also has good views of Edinburgh Castle, making it a popular family viewing point for the Edinburgh Festival fireworks and the Midnight Fireworks at Hogmanay.

Inverleith Park was originally a farm when Edinburgh City Council bought it in 1889 and so appropriately enough an area in its North-West quadrant now accommodates allotments for local gardeners.