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Saughton Park & Winter Garden



Balgreen Road, Edinburgh, EH11  3BQ
0131 529 7921
parks@edinburgh.gov.uk
www.edinburgh.gov.uk/saughtonpark

Long before it became a public park, the land now encompassing Saughton Park and Gardens was part of the ancient Saughton Estate and its historic mansion house. 

Perhaps harder to imagine is that in 1908, over 3 and half million people visited the park to see spectacular Scottish National Exhibition which included exhibition halls, concert hall, model railway and even gondolas.

Visitors today can enjoy landscaped gardens, a lovely rose garden and winter garden, children's play area and skate park.

A Friends group was formed in 2014 with a view to restoring the park to its former glory.

Horne Terrace Mural





On a gable end is an engrossing hyper-realistic mural painted in the late 70s by Robert Callender, a hugely popular teacher at Edinburgh College of Art and President of the Society of Scottish Artists.

The world needs more gable end murals. The world needs more Robert Callenders.


Horne Terrace, Edinburgh EH11 1JJ

Caledonian Brewery Company Limited





Tours aren't offered as a matter of course but if you are part of a group, you might get lucky.

42 Slateford Road, Edinbugh EH11 1PH
0131 337 1286