Getting here
54.52894, -2.67434
Best for
5 activitiesPlaygrounds
Free93%playground, toilets, café, parking
Dog walks
Free78%Dogs allowed with public access
Hiking
Free72%Named hiking route nearby: Coast to Coast Walk (St Bees to Shap)
Family friendly
Free68%Urban park — family destination
Picnic day out
Free62%Urban park — open green space
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶
Walking
30
2 named nearby · 28 public paths
Named routePublic access
Named routes and paths nearby
Coast to Coast Walk (Shap to Richmond) · Walking0
Coast to Coast Walk (St Bees to Shap) · Walking0
Green Croft · public footpath
Ralfland View · public footpath
Kiln Side · public footpath
About this urban park
Shap Memorial Park is a urban park covering 5 hectares.
Wildlife to spot
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🌱 Visiting this spring
- 🐦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
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Café
Birchwood Cafe · 197m
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Parking
5 nearby · Free · 71m
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Playground
92m away
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Toilets
119m away
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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Nearby places
Useful places within 5 km
⚽Memorial ParkPlaying field0 m→⛪St Michael's ChurchReligious grounds300 m→✦Shap Stone AlignmentHistoric site500 m→✦Shap Premonstratensian Abbey, including the precinct wall, abbey mill and mill race, and two fishpondsHistoric site1.6 km→✦Medieval dyke system and shieling west of Shap AbbeyHistoric site2.1 km→✦Bowl barrow on Iron HillHistoric site3.2 km→