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Keenan Park

📷 Rose and Trev Clough · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Getting here

54.88505, -2.89644

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 148m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 148m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParkingPlayground

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw +74 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw +74 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Common Carder Bee, White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers, Eristalis pertinax +58 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Common Carder Bee, White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers, Eristalis pertinax +58 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Bramble, Giant Blackberry +13 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Bramble, Giant Blackberry +13 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Bramble, Giant Blackberry, Sand Leek +1 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Cumbria WayWalking route118 km

Named routeLength 118 kmRegional walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Gretna to AllonbyWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Hadrian's Wall PathWalking route134.5 km

Named routeLength 134.5 kmNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

65 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network

Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network

Reivers' RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 10National Cycle Network

Cumbria CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Route 7Cycling route

Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route1.2 km

Named routeRef 7Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

11,931 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

11,931 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds47 species

winterautumn

2026

Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Robin · Jackdaw +42

BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RobinErithacus rubecula
JackdawColoeus monedula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great TitParus major
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
DipperCinclus cinclus
DunnockPrunella modularis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
MagpiePica pica2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
CootFulica atra2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects12 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Loricera pilicornis · Meliscaeva auricollis · Varied Carpet Beetle · Common Earwig · Juniper Shieldbug +7

Loricera pilicornisLoricera pilicornis
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2025
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Cantharis lividaCantharis livida2025

🌿

Plants27 species

spring

2025

Narrow-leaved Ragwort · Bramble · Giant Blackberry · Male-fern · Ground-elder +22

Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Common Ramping-fumitoryFumaria muralis
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Wild CherryPrunus avium
Six-rowed BarleyHordeum vulgare
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
White CloverTrifolium repens
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Common SallowSalix cinerea
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
AshFraxinus excelsior
Welted ThistleCarduus crispus
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

11,931 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds47 species

winterautumn

2026

Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Robin · Jackdaw +42

BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RobinErithacus rubecula
JackdawColoeus monedula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great TitParus major
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
DipperCinclus cinclus
DunnockPrunella modularis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
MagpiePica pica2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
CootFulica atra2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects12 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Loricera pilicornis · Meliscaeva auricollis · Varied Carpet Beetle · Common Earwig · Juniper Shieldbug +7

Loricera pilicornisLoricera pilicornis
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2025
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Cantharis lividaCantharis livida2025

🌿

Plants27 species

spring

2025

Narrow-leaved Ragwort · Bramble · Giant Blackberry · Male-fern · Ground-elder +22

Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Common Ramping-fumitoryFumaria muralis
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Wild CherryPrunus avium
Six-rowed BarleyHordeum vulgare
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
White CloverTrifolium repens
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Common SallowSalix cinerea
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
AshFraxinus excelsior
Welted ThistleCarduus crispus
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Rose and Trev Clough · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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