Getting here
54.35489, -3.38140
Best for
5 activitiesDog walks
Free78%Dogs allowed with public access
Wildlife
Free75%Ancient woodland
Family friendly
Free68%Urban park — family destination
Heritage
Free68%Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Picnic day out
Free62%Urban park — open green space
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶
Walking
4
2 named nearby · 2 public paths
Named routePublic access
🚴
Cycling
13
13 named nearby
Named route
🐴
Horse riding
6
6 public paths
Public access
Named routes and paths nearby
Cumbria Coastal Way · Walking298 km
Hadrian's Cycleway · Cycling0
Lakes & Dales Loop · Cycling0
King Charles III England Coast Path: Whitehaven to Silecroft · Walking0
Main Route · Cycling
Main Route · Cycling
Fell Lane · bridleway
About this urban park
St Michael's Church is an ancient urban park covering 15 hectares. As an ancient woodland, it has been continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD — a rare and irreplaceable habitat rich in biodiversity and historical character.
Wildlife to spot
Photos
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🌱 Visiting this spring
- 🌸Ancient woodlands are famous for bluebell carpets in April and May — one of Britain's most spectacular wildflower displays
- 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
- 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best
Facilities
☕
Café
1 nearby · 80m
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Parking
1 nearby · 96m
🧺
Picnic spot
5 · 60m away
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Toilets
61m away
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
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Nearby places
Useful places within 5 km
✦MUNCASTER CASTLEHistoric site400 m→⛪St Michael's ChurchReligious grounds200 m→✦Barnscar prehistoric cairnfield, two hut circle settlements, field systems, funerary cairns, and a Romano-British farmstead, trackway and field systemHistoric site3.2 km→✦Prehistoric stone circle, trackway, cairnfields, funerary cairns, hut circles, Romano-British farmstead and a medieval field system, 1.1km SE of StaintonHistoric site4 km→✦Muncaster CastleHistoric site0 m→✦Prehistoric cairnfield, hut circle settlement, field system, funerary cairn, and a medieval shieling on Birkby Fell west of Devoke WaterHistoric site4.7 km→