Leith Links, Urban park in Leith, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Leith Links is a large open green space in the Leith district of Edinburgh, with tree-lined avenues, playing fields, a children's orchard, and a big play area. It also has tennis courts, a petanque pitch, and two grassy mounds known as Giant's Brae and Lady Fife's Brae.

The ground was the site of the Siege of Leith in 1560, and it served as a camp before the Battle of Prestonpans in 1745. During the 17th and 18th centuries it was known as the main place to play golf around Edinburgh, and it became a formal public park in 1888.

Each year the open lawns are used for gatherings such as the Edinburgh Mela and the Leith Festival, with stalls, performances, and food stands drawing crowds from across the city. The playground itself has two pirate ship structures, a zip line, a trampoline, and climbing frames, so children tend to stay for hours while families spread out picnics nearby.

The park is easy to reach on foot or by bus from the bottom of Leith Walk, and there are public toilets on the north side near the tennis courts. Wear flat shoes because the ground is mostly open grass with some paths and can feel wet in bad weather.

Few visitors notice the two low mounds inside the park, Giant's Brae and Lady Fife's Brae, which are linked to the old golfing days when they served as natural obstacles on the course. The children's play area has a wobbly pirate ship intended to feel like a boat at sea, a detail that often surprises first-time visitors.