UPDATE ON ACCESS AT BEECRAIGS:

Cars Parks open:- Visitor Centre, Restaurant, Lochside and Balvormie. Please note that the Cockleroy car park remains closed. All main roads through the Park are open as from the 21st. January 2012.

We have managed to now clear enough paths and forest tracks to provide a good circular walk to encapsulate Balvormie, play area, visitor centre, Animal Attraction Loch and back to Balvormie. We would ask that visitors remain vigilant in the Park particularly should strong winds, snow or ice return and to follow instructions on signs, avoiding all areas marked off with hazard tape.

Unfortunately the caravan & camping site remains closed but we hope to re-open very soon. The fishery on Beecraigs Loch reopens from Monday 23rd. January.

If you are visiting any of our Parks this weekend, visitor centre staff can provide guidance and maps have been put up around the Park to help guide you.

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Almondell & Calderwood Country Park.

Almondell & Calderwood Country Park is a popular 88 hectare (220 acre) visitor attraction near Mid Calder. The Park offers beautiful woodland and riverside walks, picnic areas with seating and barbecue facilities (latter available to hire by contacting the Visitor Centre).

The Country Park has a varied and interesting history, stretching back 340 million years! This rich history blends itself neatly into the overall attraction of the Park.

The Park’s Visitor Centre, housed in a converted stable block, offers a warm welcome with an aquarium, exhibition area, classroom facilities, function room, hot drinks and snacks, leading into a relaxing conservatory and garden seating area.

The Park and particularly Calderwood, is a wildlife haven. Roe deer, fox, heron, otters and woodpeckers all make their home here. The many Oak and hazel trees provide food and shelter for the woodmice and squirrels.

Almondell

 

The Countryside Ranger Service help to manage our natural areas and wildlife, but can also arrange talks, school visits, summer events and give advice on general countryside matters.

The Park is open throughout the year and admission is free. The Visitor Centre is closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, the 1st. and 2nd. January every year.

Summer 09:00-17:00
Winter 10:00-16:00
Closed for lunch 12:30-13:00

Car Parking

The Park is served with ample space for visitors’ cars, served by four main car-parks. These are situated near Broxburn, Livingston, Mid Calder and East Calder. The North car-park is closest to the Visitor Centre, and people with walking arrangements can make special arrangements to use our disabled car-park.