Linn Park

Mushrooms, Toadstools, & Fungi

The very first thing is to quote the Hatted Botanist: " you can always eat anything, but it maybe only once ! ". So be careful, and remember that poison can stick to your fingers, and then if you lick them ... say no more.

Apparently, there are some 15,000 types of fungi which grow in Britain, so there are probably lots more to be found in Linn Park !

Summer 2026

What can we say . . . For the Gents it has not been a good year as the problems associated with getting older emerge . . . as we approach the mega milestone of turning 80. We come from an era when having survived three score years and ten was considered by most as what one could expect.

However, the NHS has provided a remarkable service for which we will always be entirely grateful. And here we are still to tell the story.

The White Cart River

Fossils are interesting to young and old.

Recently we met Stephen Burtt, who kindly sent some photos of Stigmaria Fossils found by his son.

Petition to reverse the closure of the Path below the Castle

The Petition

As a consequence of the almost universal common sense conclusion, a long term park user [that's forty years or more] raised a petition. You can read it here: https://www.change.org/p/reopening-of-entrance-to-linn-park-at-snuffmill-bridge.

By the 25th May 2022, just over 850 people had signed it. As of the 12th of August this had passed the magic one thousand and risen to 1,040 signatures. As at the 4th October 2023 it had reached 1,265. Keeping up the chat has resulted at 10th July 2024 in 1482 signatures. At 19th August 2026, we keep on getting more and more support: Now at 1,583.
PLEASE, if you haven't already, follow the link above and sign it. It takes you to Change.org.

Welcome to the Linn Park Website

Just to let you know about this web site:

It is run by a group of retirees some in their late seventies, and others who have contributed the Botany and History.
There are a plethora of other people who have contributed photographs, and other useful information such as old pamphlets and articles.
The Linn Park Gentlemen's Walking Club is just a group of people who all met whilst out walking - in Linn Park of course.
They are not associated with any council, or any sponsored group, or . . . it is just "we ourselves and that's it".

Linn Park Nature Trail Guide Book

Introduction

In the text, there are many questions: IF you know the answers, please let us know - post the answer on the Linn Park facebook page.

We were given this lovely booklet, which dates from the 1960's, by Stuart Nisbet. It needs a bit of updating for the following reasons.

The Trail Posts were taken over by STAG, and renumbered.
The Mansion House is no longer home to the Park Rangers and their Information Centre
Much of the park has now been effectively blocked off by fencing or undergrowth - especially on the river banks.