[1] Landscaped in the Victorian period, the park contains shrubberies and specimen trees, and provides open space for recreation.

There are sports grounds for tennis and bowls,[2] and the Keswick Museum and Art Gallery is situated there.

The first recorded match on the ground was in 1955, when Cumberland played the Lancashire Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship.

[3] During that time the ground has also hosted 2 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches, the last of which came in 2001, when Cumberland played the Northumberland.

[4] The ground has also hosted a single List-A match between Cumberland and the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002.