The recreation site consists of a small boating lake, café, playing fields, and a playground with a Victorian water-powered carousel.

[1] The glen follows the Silverburn river for about half a mile, and can be accessed either from Ballasalla or from a car park off the A3 (Foxdale Road).

The buildings, which now house the restaurant and craft centre, were once in the hands of the Quayle family who owned Ballasalla Cregg Mill.

[2] It was then bought by William Quine MHK, an amateur arborist who planted the area with trees and used the Silver Burn to mill flour.

A medieval bridge dating to the 12th century built by Cistercian monks spans the river close to Rushen Abbey.

[10] A longer walk is from Rushen Abbey, along the river, and to Poulsom Park beside Castletown railway station.