Chances Park

About

Chances Park is specially landscaped to offers great views of the city of Carlisle. The main entrance to Chance's Park and the community centre is off the Wigton Road (A595) where there is a free car park for visitors. There is pedestrian access off Dunmallet Rigg, Wigton Road, Dunmail Drive, Park Road and Langrigg Road.

Visitors to Chance’s Park are offered a variety of recreational features:

Football pitches – located within the main areas of the park

Mini Multi Use Games Area – all weather playing surface suitable for a range of games

Play Area – large and well equipped, with equipment for all ages

Nature Trail – a way marked route around the park with accompanying leaflets (available from the Community Centre)

There are flat accessable paths running throughout the park to create circular routes

Benches are placed throughout the park in order to rest and watch the world go by

Park Features

Georgian Garden – a restored and modernised interpretation of the original formal gardens which would have surrounded the Manor

Manor Grounds – an area of lawns and shrub beds with many historic trees, containing the original restored Ha-ha (boundary ditch/wall)

Hay Meadow – a long strip of grasses and some wild flowers typically found in traditional hay meadows in North Cumbria. This area is mown annually and a hay crop removed by local contractors.

Wider Park – Chance’s Park is characterised by rolling, open park land, complete with both mature trees and more recent plantings. The park is served by a network of high quality paths, from which the historic medieval ridge and furrow ploughing systems can be seen.

Play area details

Age range play area equipment aimed at : 0 - 6/8

Accessible equipment : Various inclusive play items

Is the play area fenced : Infants play area fenced, other play area eqipment unfenced