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Vogrie House, a turreted Victorian mansion, at the end of a curving drive across the lawns of Vogrie Country Park.
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Vogrie Country Park

A Victorian estate in the Midlothian countryside, Scotland's second country park, with Vogrie House of 1876, woodland walks down to the River Tyne and a miniature railway.

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There's something about a big Victorian estate where nobody is in a hurry, and Vogrie Country Park, in the Midlothian countryside twelve miles from Edinburgh, makes a lovely day out.

Vogrie House, a baronial mansion built in 1876, stands at the end of a sweeping drive, and the parkland round it was planted with trees from all over the world, among them western red cedar and sequoia. It became Scotland's second country park in 1982. Eleven and a half miles of signed paths wander through woodland and meadow and down into the valley of the River Tyne, with easy level paths near the house. Children will love the miniature railway, though the play park is closed for rebuilding until January 2027. There's a café inside Vogrie House, and dogs are welcome. The park opens every day from 7.30am, and parking is £3 a car.

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Before you go

Open every day of the year from 7.30am, closing at 6pm in winter and later through the rest of the year.

Parking is £3 a car, paid by card.

Where
On the B6372 between Gorebridge and Pathhead, EH23 4NU, 12 miles from Edinburgh.
Open
Every day from 7.30am. Closes at 6pm from November to March, 8pm in April, May, September and October, and 10pm from June to August.
Parking
£3 a car, by card only.
Paths
11.5 miles of signed paths; the main paths suit everyone, the side paths can be steep or uneven.
Play
The play park is closed for rebuilding from 2 November 2026 until January 2027.
Dogs
Welcome; on a lead in the car park, and not in the play areas.
By bus
No bus to the gate: the nearest stops are in Pathhead, 1.9 miles away, and Gorebridge.

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Where it is

In the Midlothian countryside on the B6372, between Gorebridge and Pathhead, EH23 4NU.

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