UK's Best Park - Scotland

It's our only park serving a community of nearly 10,000 residents and we've fought so hard to save it from being developed on. We use it for events, galas, sport, play, dog walking, social engagement, flying kites, exercise, fresh air and fun. It's our special community green space, we love it!

This park is quite simply the most stunning I have ever seen with its paths, castle, trees and spectacular views over Loch Lomond. It is visited on a daily basis by appreciative tourists from all over the world, a wonderful, magical place.

Possibly the best view of any Park in the country. A skate park, a swing park for children, football parks, and paths through well tended lawns. All things to all people, and just across the road from some of the best coffee and cake in Scotland.

It is a little wild/natural corner of the city, with plenty of trees and little paths to get 'lost' and feel that one is away and alone. A place to collect bramble and elder flower, enjoy bird song and the great vistas over Edinburgh. A place for all seasons.

A pretty, tranquil riverside park full of trees and plenty of places to sit and clear your mind for a while. It's kept clean and tidy and has lovely staff and a cafe. There are some lovely cheap fun activities with the children's play area a big hit. Visitors say they will come back.

Duthie Park has something for everyone in the community: stunning winter gardens, where people can get married, three play areas for children of all ages, runners, cyclists, cricketers. Used by all from OAPs to babies, it's an amazing park.

I walk through this park everyday to and from work. I am always impressed with how tidy and clean it is. There is always something to see. The changing of the seasons reflected in the plant life and atmosphere. Watching the rowers on the Clyde is a treat. Love it.

A much loved local park. Small but perfectly formed. A small and dedicated team of volunteers helps maintain and improve it and bring the community together with events. Enjoyed by all ages, the park is an oasis of green in the midst of narrow streets and winding lanes. A gem.

This wonderful park on the north east corner of Glasgow, is affectionately known as Huggy Loch and used to be just the loch and a pitch and putt course. Now there is a very well developed piece of marshland attached. The loch and the marsh are a magnet for birds.

There are two children's play areas, a skate park, a pond, an outdoor gym, bowling greens, tennis courts, an Art Gallery & Museum, a University, two cafes, a bar, the river Kelvin, an amphitheatre, a fountain, monuments, flora, a Green Flag, a tree lined thoroughfare & a permanent, long standing Circus.

Pittencrieff Park is beautiful and sits in the centre of Dunfermline town centre. It has six different entrances making it accessible for the enjoyment of people of all ages. A cafe, a wedding venue, the park is constructed in layers making it a really interesting place.

A unique and excellent town centre public park.Created for the children of Renfrew Town in 1912 it's glory had faded in recent years. Local people still consider it to be the town's Crown Jewels and the Phase 1 of improvements have just completed- roll on more.

Beautiful trees, walks, pond, sculptures, small burn running through and also open spaces for sport and events with tearoom and art gallery in the grounds.

Springburn Park is a beautiful, if sometimes underappreciated, gem in the north of Glasgow. It's full of history, boasts stunning views over Ben Lomond in the distance, and is home to the wonderful Springburn parkrun community of runners. There is a good campaign running to restore the old Winter Gardens.

It's a little jewel in the crown of our many beautiful green spaces. It is safe to walk in. Has beautiful swans that breed every year, wild fowl. A refurbished play area. Future improvements in hand. A definite asset to the community.

This was an area of waste land which over the last five years has been developed into a community facility. There are miles of walks on good (easy to push prams, bikes, etc) pathways, areas to observe wildlife, a play area with bits for all ages and accessible to all. Toilets and a cafe.

Tollcross Park is an oasis in the centre of the East End of Glasgow, an area not known for its beauty, and often derided. The park is wonderful, containing the old winter gardens, a band-stand, allotments, a baseball pitch, swings, as well as the award-winning rose gardens.

It is a beautiful well used park, it is a biodiverse wildlife habitat including two ponds. It has beautiful formal flower and rose gardens, recreational areas for sport, playpark and 325 million year old fossil grove. Park is well used by joggers, cyclists, families and dog walkers.