Visitors to a local park in Carlisle have now got more opportunities to enjoy a snack and a cuppa, after opening times have been extended.

Hammond’s Pond café, in the south of the city, is open between 12noon and 5pm, seven days a week. The cafe had previously only opened on weekends and during school holidays.

There is now more to choose from and the menu now includes a range of panini’s, as well as bacon rolls, sausage rolls, sandwiches and pasties. Those with a sweet tooth are also catered for, with cakes and tray bakes also on offer. Fresh coffee, sweets, cold drinks and English Lakes ice-cream are also on the menu.

The café is managed by Carlisle City Council. The opening hours have been extended to provide a more regular service to customers and every effort has been made to provide a wider range of products.

Hammond’s Pond’s facilities include: children play areas; boating lake; aviaries and dovecote; full-sized and junior football pitches; Multi-Use Games Area; Miniature Railway; public toilets and two car parks with free parking. The café has disabled access, toilets for the disabled and baby changing facilities.

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Notes to Editors:

Hammond's Pond is in the south of Carlisle. There is vehicular access and free parking from the park entrance off Blackwell Road and from the park entrance off Buchannan Road. Pedestrian access is from Blackwell Road, Buchannan Road, Henderson Road and Scalegate Road.

The Hammond’s Pond café was refurbished in 2008.

A record number of Carlisle parks and green spaces achieved top national awards this July and are some of the best green spaces in England and Wales. The ‘Magnificent Seven’ are: Bitts Park, Carlisle Cemetery grounds, Hammond’s Pond, Kingmoor Nature Reserve, Talkin Tarn Country Park, Tullie House Gardens and Stanwix Churchyard. The winners of the 2010/11 Green Flag Award, the national standard for parks and green spaces, were announced on Wednesday, 28 July.

Covering more than 18 acres, it is the eighth time Bitts Park has been awarded a Green Flag. Hammond’s Pond has also been granted the distinction for the sixth time, it is the fifth time that Kingmoor Nature Reserve has received the award and Carlisle Cemetery and Tullie House are four time winners. Stanwix Churchyard has retained their award for the second time. Talkin Tarn is a winner, after entering the competition for the first time.