Cockenzie House & Gardens

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Cockenzie House & Gardens is a historic seventeenth century mansion and community hub located in the seaside town of Cockenzie and Port Seton. Visitors can explore four acres of beautiful walled gardens featuring unique stone follies, a pond, and a grotto. The house itself contains a community museum, art gallery, and over forty creative studios for local artists and therapists. You can also visit the traditional tea room for refreshments or browse independent gift shops and a plant nursery.

Accessibility Highlights

The venue website states that there is step free access to the gardens from Cockenzie High Street and the main building also provides step free access. There is a lift available to help visitors reach different floors within the house. Accessible toilets are located on the ground floor and the first floor. Free parking is available on Edinburgh Road, including two designated blue badge parking bays. The number 26 bus provides a direct transport link from the centre of Edinburgh.

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(3 reviews)

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Access (avg.)

3.5

Parking (avg.)

2.75

Toilets (avg.)

Staff (avg.)

4.25

hibs2358

May 2025

Cockenzie House and Gardens - not accessible.

There was no signage to let me know that I needed to go back out into the street and around the corner to get to an accessible door to enter the building. The lift was out of order, judging by the state of the sign which had fallen off the lift, it had been like that for quite some time. Checking yesterday I see that the lift is still out of order, meaning no access to the cafe or toilets. Many items were blocking the corridor to the lift, also reported in May, it's still in the same deplorable state. I suggested having a phone number for the cafe on the broken lift sign so people can at least have refreshments brought to them, this has clearly been ignored. If you are a wheelchair user, this place is not at all accessible, nor do they appear to care about access.

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katherschel

Jul 2020

Seaside Visit with Cockenzie House and Gardens

A short trip out from Edinburgh, LRT bus 26 takes about an hour and walking back from Seton Sands, Cockenzie House makes a useful coffee stop. Weds to Sun Saltire Grill provides a kiosk for refreshments in the house gardens. Picnic seats and tables are well spaced out in on the lawn and orchard and you can visit the pond and allotments. Sadly not toilet facilities in this early stage of lockdown easing. A nice sunny corner in the John Muir Way.

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chrisnolan

Aug 2014

A Tranquil Place

I accessed from the rear, via The John Muir Walk, where there is a lift to all floors, and went to the first floor Café for coffee and home made cake (well you have to) which was delicious!! and overlooks the peaceful wild garden. Such a lovely setting and the volunteering staff members made me feel very welcome.

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