About Inverleith Park

Inverleith Park is next to the Botanic Gardens, just to the north of the Stockbridge district of Edinburgh and, at 22 ha (54 acres), is one of Scotland's largest urban parks.

The park once formed part of the Inverleith Estate, which had been owned by the Rocheid family since 1665. The City fathers bought the land from Carl Rocheid in 1889 and laid out the park, including playing fields, tree-lined walk-ways and a sizeable pond. The north west quadrant of the park was later given over to allotments, small gardens which are rented by the city to local residents for growing fruit and vegetables.

Most of the Park is parkland, used as recreational space and for rugby, football, cricket, baseball and other sports. The boating pond on the south side of the Park has recently been upgraded, with the western end of the pond turned into an attractive bog garden in 2007.

The park also contains a children's play park, four tennis courts, a ball court for basketball and football, and a petanque court.