Playgrounds in Edinburgh
On holiday in Edinburgh? Here’s where you can get moving. The aupa map shows 251 playgrounds in Edinburgh. That’s 4.9 per 10,000 residents, rank 4 of 23 cities in the UK. As of October 2026, based on OpenStreetMap.
Playgrounds in Edinburgh
The map shows the 251 playgrounds in Edinburgh, rounded to about 300 metres. The exact spot is in the app.
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Spot data: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), prepared by aupa. Positions rounded to about 300 m. As of October 2026.
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Playgrounds in Edinburgh: on these streets
The nearest street per OpenStreetMap; the number in brackets means several places. The exact spot, photos and who’s there right now are in the app.
- Bingham Broadway (2)
- Broughton Road (2)
- Dreghorn Drive (2)
- Dumbryden Drive (2)
- Dumbryden Gardens (2)
- Frogston Road West (2)
- Gyle Avenue (2)
- Lochend Gardens (2)
- Niddrie House Square (2)
- Toddshill Road (2)
- Achnacarry Street
- Albion Gardens
- Alcorn Square
- Alexander Drive
- Appin Lane
- Arboretum Place
- Arneil Drive
- Baird Road
- Balgreen Road
- Barn Park
- Barn Park Crescent
- Bauld Drive
- Bellrock Park
- Bill Douglas Drive
- Bingham Avenue
- Blackchapel Road
- Blinkbonny Grove West
- Bonnybridge Drive
- Bowes Place
- Brock View
- Broomhouse Crescent
- Bughtlin Market
- Buie Haugh
- Burnbrae Avenue
- Burnbrae Drive
- Calder Drive
- Calder Place
- Capella Gardens
- Carlow Gardens
- Carlowrie Crescent
- Carrick Knowe Drive
- Castlebrae Place
- Castlebrae Rigg
- Citadel Place
- Clermiston Gardens
- Clerwood Gardens
- Clifton Road
- Clovenstone Drive
- Clovenstone Gardens
- Clovenstone Park
- Cluny Gardens
- Comiston Road
- Corstorphine High Street
- Craigmillar Castle Gardens
- Craigour Green
- Craigpark Avenue
- Craigs Road
- Crawford Green
- Dalmahoy Crescent
- Deanpark Place
- Dolphin Gardens West
- Dumbeg Park
- Dumbiedykes Road
- Duncan Place
- Dundas Avenue
- East Barnton Avenue
- East Farm of Gilmerton
- East Pilton Farm Wynd
- Echline Avenue
- Eyre Place Lane
- Falcon Road
- Fauldburn Park
- Fernieside Avenue
- Ferry Road Drive
- Firrhill Park
- Forth Park
- Glendevon Park
- Gorgie Park Close
- Gorgie Road
- Gracemount Drive
- Gracemount House Drive
- Granton Mains East
- Granton Mill Crescent
- Granton Mill Drive
- Granton View
- Greenacre
- Greenwell Wynd
- Grieve Crescent
- Grubb Gardens
- Gylemuir Road
- Hailesland Gardens
- Harewood Road
- Harrison Gardens
- Hermiston
- High Buckstone
- Hillpark Rise
- Hillpark Terrace
- Hillside Road
- Hillwood Road
- Hopetoun Road
- Howden Hall Court
- Hugh Russell Place
- Hyvot Loan
- Joppa Terrace
- Juniper Grove
- King Edwards Way
- King Malcolm Close
- Kirklands Park Street
- Lanark Road West
- Latch Park
- Lawrie Reilly Place
- Liberton Drive
- Littlejohn Road
- Lochend Park
- Loganlea Avenue
- Longstone Place
- Magdalene Drive
- McDonald Road
- Meadowfield Drive
- Meadowfield Terrace
… and 92 more streets.
Where the surface is recorded (12 of 251), it’s mostly wood chips (42%), grass (25%) and sand (25%).
Playgrounds: city comparison in the UK
Sorted by places per 10,000 residents. Population: GeoNames.
| City | Total | per 10,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Bournemouth | 140 | 8.6 |
| Glasgow | 396 | 6.3 |
| Leicester | 185 | 5.0 |
| Edinburgh | 251 | 4.9 |
| Leeds | 234 | 4.4 |
| Bradford | 158 | 4.3 |
| Swansea | 118 | 3.9 |
| Nottingham | 117 | 3.6 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 101 | 3.4 |
| Belfast | 116 | 3.3 |
| Cardiff | 122 | 3.3 |
| London | 2,772 | 3.1 |
| Sheffield | 164 | 2.9 |
| Bristol | 141 | 2.9 |
| Preston | 86 | 2.7 |
| Birmingham | 256 | 2.2 |
| Blackpool | 31 | 2.1 |
| Manchester | 114 | 2.0 |
| Coventry | 68 | 2.0 |
| Brighton | 53 | 1.9 |
With over 105,000 playgrounds, they’re the biggest group on the map, from the swings around the corner to the big adventure playground.
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