{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
{Edinburgh} The Real Mary King’s Close
I took the boys to visit ‘The Real Mary King’s Close’ today. It’s one of my favourite visitor attractions in Edinburgh, I’ve been to see it at least three times over the past 15 years. But up until now they’ve
{Edinburgh} ArtSpace at the City Art Centre
Today we went to visit the City Art Centre, part of Museums & Galleries Edinburgh. The City Art Centre exhibits historic and contemporary Scottish visual and applied arts, including drawings, paintings, prints, photography, and sculpture. Art works are rotated in
Explore Auld Reekie’s History at the Museum of Edinburgh
Happy Museum Monday! One museum that's good for families but often flies under the radar in Edinburgh, is the Museum of Edinburgh. It's housed in Huntly House, one of the iconic and historic buildings on the Royal Mile, near Holyrood
{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
{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
{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
{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
{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
{Edinburgh} King George V Park, City Centre
It’s the extended weekend for the Jubilee holiday, which means we have a few extra days off to do some more exploring around the city. Yesterday, we jumped on a bus to the New Town and visited King George V
{Edinburgh} Inverleith Park Playground
My eldest was at a friend’s sleepover birthday party this weekend, so we gave our 8 yr old a choice of what he wanted to do and he wanted to visit a playground he hadn’t been to before. I picked
{Edinburgh} A Day Out at Seven Acre Park
Today we have the second half of our weekend trip to share with you. Like Buckstone Park, Seven Acre Park is also located in the South of Edinburgh, and it’s an absolute gem. Seven Acre Park has a lot going for