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Dalry playground with climbing wall, balance beams, climbing frame and slide
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{Edinburgh} Dalry Community Park

We're always excited to visit a new playground, so when I saw that the new playground at Dalry Community Park was finally ready, during a trip to Lidl earlier this week, it didn't take much convincing to persuade my younger

29 December 2024
Princes Street Gardens Playground Edinburgh
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{Edinburgh} Princes Street Gardens Playground

Finally! The long-awaited new playground in Edinburgh's Princes Street Gardens opened yesterday afternoon. If you follow The Bear & The Fox on Facebook, you may have seen our updated on the progress of the past few months. Of course, we

6 August 2024
Fairmilehead Park Playground
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{Edinburgh} Fairmilehead Park Playground

We did a lot of day trips during the Easter holidays. I had promised by boys a ‘down day’ in between day trips, except I find it hard to just sit around and relax doing nothing, so my idea of

25 April 2023
Victoria Park Playground
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{Edinburgh} Victoria Park Playground

Today we have another brilliant playground review to share with you, which I already alluded to last week. Victoria Park was top of our list of playgrounds to try next, after having been recommended multiple times, and it did not

14 March 2023
Pilrig Park Play Area
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{Edinburgh} Pilrig Park Play Areas

In our quest to scout out a few more new playgrounds this year, my 8 yr old and I decided to head to Pilrig Park, which lies to the north-east of Edinburgh’s city centre between Leith Walk and Bonnington Road,

7 March 2023
Craigmillar Castle Park Playground
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{Edinburgh} Craigmillar Castle Park Playground

We’ve been meaning to check out Craigmillar Castle Park for a while. It’s right next to Craigmillar Castle, but when we visited the castle we didn’t know about the playground so we’ve been waiting for a good opportunity to take

16 February 2023
Colinton Mains Park Playground
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{Edinburgh} Colinton Mains Park Playground

Just  quick post today to add a review on a playground we recently visited. Colinton Mains Park is one of Edinburgh's busiest parks for sports usage, it offers three full-size and three sevens football pitches. There’s also a small playground in

17 January 2023
Morningside Park Playground Edinburgh
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{Edinburgh} Morningside Park Playground

Last updated: 7 January 2023 Morningside Park is a nice wee park in the middle of a busy residential and shopping area. It's tucked away behind Morningside Cemetery, and we didn't realise at first that it was there. Since discovering it

7 January 2023
Leith Links Play Park
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{Edinburgh} Leith Links Play Park

Starting the year as he means to go on, my 8 year old decided he wants to carry on the quest he started last year, to visit as many different playgrounds in Edinburgh as possible, so we jumped on a

3 January 2023
Broughton Road Playground
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{Edinburgh} Broughton Road Playground

We have another short playground review to share with you today. This is a playground that we probably wouldn’t have made a trip especially to see, but we tagged it on to our recent visit to King George V Park

17 June 2022
Barony Community Garden
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{Edinburgh} Barony Community Garden

I love discovering hidden gems in the city, and the Barony Community Garden is definitely one of them. Tucked away in a back courtyard, less than ten minutes walk from the St James Quarter shopping centre, it’s a true little

14 June 2022
Dundas Avenue Playground
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{Edinburgh} Dundas Avenue Play Area

Rounding of this week of reviews is the last stop on our recent trip to North Queensferry, the Forth Road Bridge, and South Queensferry. Dundas Avenue Play Area is situated just a ten minute walk from the train station, and

10 June 2022
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