Hawthornden
Edinburgh (Bonnyrigg), Midlothian, Scotland
Hawthornden, Edinburgh (Bonnyrigg), Scotland — opened Not documented, 4 rugby league games hosted, home of Edinburgh Eagles (amateur/semi-pro rugby league, occasional tenant); primarily the home ground of Lasswade RFC (rugby union).
Ground facts
| Opened | Not documented (No source confirms when Hawthornden was established as a sports ground; it is the long-standing home of Lasswade RFC (rugby union, founded 1921), but no source ties the ground itself to that or any other specific year.) |
| Home club | Edinburgh Eagles (amateur/semi-pro rugby league, occasional tenant); primarily the home ground of Lasswade RFC (rugby union) |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 4 |
| Top recorded crowd | 0 |
| Capacity | A 350-seat grandstand was added as part of a 2003 redevelopment; this post-dates three of the four recorded rugby league matches (2000, 2002, 2003) and may not reflect the ground's condition for those earlier fixtures |
| Floodlights installed | Two international-size floodlit pitches exist following the 2003 redevelopment; unclear whether floodlights were present for the 2000 match |
| Years used | 1999–2010 |
| Location | Edinburgh (Bonnyrigg), Midlothian |
Name history
Rugby league history
A rugby union venue in Bonnyrigg, Midlothian, near Edinburgh -- home of Lasswade RFC, and a high-standard facility that has hosted elite union fixtures including South Africa, France and New Zealand training sessions, Edinburgh Rugby, and Scotland Sevens and women's internationals. Its rugby league use was limited to occasional Challenge Cup ties for the amateur Edinburgh Eagles: all four recorded matches (2000, 2002, 2003, 2010) are early-round Challenge Cup fixtures with no crowd figures recorded.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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