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Stenhouse Community Council
Website maintained by Iain Donaldson
Last Updated: January 2012
Local Areas of Interest
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Saughton Park remains one of Edinburgh’s jewels. Not only does it afford a large tract of well-managed open space with playing fields, a modern sports centre and a creative play area, but over seven acres it also presents a delightful formal garden in classic style, with walls and neatly clipped yew hedges, flower and heather beds, a sunken Italian garden, specimen trees, a glassed Winter Garden with exotic plants, a garden of sweet fragrances for the blind and a rose garden that has won Saughton fame.
This park lies to the south of Stevenson drive and to the west of Balgreen Road and is split into two sections by a central pathway. The entire park is lined with mature deciduous trees as is the central pathway.
The northern half from the Stevenson Drive side houses a sports centre with all weather facilities and a separate enclosure for football and athletics. The park then spreads out with numerous pitches dominating. There is a large children’s playground to the north of the central pathway.
South of the centre pathway lies the formal gardens, and the Water of Leith runs along the southern boundary.
Final planning permission has been granted for the creation of a skatepark at Saughton Park. Click here to find out more.
Contacts
Name: Saughton Park
Address: Park Ranger Office, Inverleith Park, Arboretum Place, Edinburgh, EH3 5NY
Tel: 0131 332 2368
Fax: 0131 315 4049
parks@edinburgh.gov.uk
Check our History page for more info on Saughton Park
Friends of Saughton Park - check the noticeboard at Saughton Park for more details.
Situated off Balgreen Road and part of the larger Saughton Park, Saughton Sports Complex is home to a huge range of outdoor sports. There are four grass football pitches, five aside and seven aside football pitches on superturf, an enclosed football pitch and an athletics track. There are full changing facilities available and a small gym.
There is also a full-size third generation pitch at Saughton Sports Complex. Third generation pitches closely mimic the characteristics of good quality natural grass surfaces. They are able to cope with much more intensive use, require less maintenance and are less affected by severe weather conditions than natural grass. It is a high specification football surface that is also suitable for rugby practice.
The full-size third generation pitch is also complimented by a 7-a-side area sited next to the main pitch, which has also been constructed using the third generation surface.
Contact details
Edinburgh Leisure
54 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh
EH8 9DT
Telephone: 0131 650 1001
E-mail: enquiries@edinburghleisure.co.uk
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 9.00am - 5.00pm
Part of the Water of Leith runs aside Saughton Park.
The Water of Leith flows over 24 miles (35 km) from its source in the Pentland Hills. It passes through the villages of Balerno, Currie, Juniper Green and Colinton, into the heart of the city at Slateford, Roseburn, Dean Village, Stockbridge and Warriston and on to its outflow into the Firth of Forth at Leith.
Its journey can be followed for 12 miles (18 km) from Balerno to Leith along the newly completed Water of Leith Walkway. The Walkway passes through many sites of historic and environmental interest, and offers a range of recreational opportunities including walking, cycling, angling and bird watching.
The Water of Leith Walkway is 12 miles from Balerno to Leith. The route is well signposted and a walkway map and guide is available from the Visitor Centre priced £2.50 for the guide and map and just 50p for the map (if you would like us to post you a guide send a cheque for £3.20 payable to 'Water of Leith Conservation Trust') Because of the nature of the Walkway, you can choose to join it and leave it at lots of places up and down the river. However, you may choose to break the Walkway into manageable bits.
The Water of Leith Conservation Trust's next "River Clean-up in Saughton" will take place on Sunday 5th April. Please see our Events page for more information.
