Malleny Garden
Malleny Garden is a walled garden and woodland estate landscape. The site is 100 m southwest of Edinburgh. It counts as an Inventory Garden and Designed Landscape.
Garden near Edinburgh
Just outside Edinburgh
Malleny Garden is 100 m southwest of Edinburgh. Towns near it ↓
Cared for by National Trust for Scotland
One of the places National Trust for Scotland looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓
Inventory Garden and Designed Landscape
On the official list of protected heritage; Edinburgh has 4,435 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Weather by the month
Expect highs of 18–20°C in Edinburgh from June to August.
Malleny Garden
Its upkeep is handled by National Trust for Scotland. Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 3 languages. Add Edinburgh Castle, 11 km away, to a visit; it leads 149 places within 15 km.
- Type
- Garden
- Run by
- National Trust for Scotland
- Listed
- Inventory Garden and Designed Landscape
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 3 languages
- Town
- 100 m southwest of Edinburgh
- Official site
- nts.org.uk/visit/places/malleny-garden
Useful details
- EntryA fee is charged
Getting your bearings
The numbers show what else is near Malleny Garden, in the order listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022
Towns that list Malleny Garden
Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.
Edinburgh
Also near Malleny Garden
Of the 149 within 15 km, look for 3 art galleries, a castle and a historic house.
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandEdinburgh Castle11 km away2
Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery11 km away · 661K visitors a year (2021)3
Historic housePalace of Holyroodhouse13 km away4
MuseumNational Museum of Scotland11 km away5
CathedralSt Giles' Cathedral12 km away6
Art galleryScottish National Gallery of Modern Art9.9 km away · 458K visitors a year (2015)7
ZooEdinburgh Zoo7.8 km away8
Art galleryScottish National Portrait Gallery12 km away · 313K visitors a year (2015)Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions people have about Malleny Garden
Where is Malleny Garden?
Malleny Garden is 100 m southwest of Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh.
What is Malleny Garden?
Walled garden and woodland estate landscape in Balerno, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
Who runs Malleny Garden?
National Trust for Scotland, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.
When is the best time to visit Malleny Garden?
June to August are the warmest months in Edinburgh, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Malleny Garden a listed building?
Yes: Inventory Garden and Designed Landscape.
What else is there to see near Malleny Garden?
Within 15 km: Edinburgh Castle (11 km), National Gallery (11 km), Palace of Holyroodhouse (13 km) and National Museum of Scotland (11 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the NRS 2022 locality (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (9)
- Malleny Garden: Sarah Charlesworth, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edinburgh Castle: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Gallery: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Palace of Holyroodhouse: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Museum of Scotland: Maccoinnich~commonswiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Giles' Cathedral: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art: Grousebeater2, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edinburgh Zoo: billfromesm, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scottish National Portrait Gallery: Original uploader was Maccoinnich at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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