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Places to visit

Douglas Head

Douglas Head is recognised for the stunning panoramic views over the Island and beyond.

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View from Douglas Head out to sea and across Douglas Promenade.

Marine Gardens

The Marine Gardens are also known as the sunken gardens they were designed in the 1930’s, offering a diversity of facilities for all age ranges across six separate gardens. Predominately flower gardens with raised beds they stretch the length of the Promenade and include benches and shelters.

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Photo of the sunken gardens on Douglas Promenade.

Kaye Memorial Garden

Kaye Memorial Garden has one main entrance. There are attractive floral displays at the entrance to the Garden along with monuments / memorials and signage detailing a brief history of the site.

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Kaye Garden with sunflower Bench.

Summerhill Glen

Summerhill Glen is recognised for being an easily accessible glen close to Douglas city centre which offers diverse woodland and an enchanting fairy mythology. The site is mainly laid to woodland, a mixture of native and non-native species with a slow-moving stream and large pools of water flowing through it from top to bottom.

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Summerhill Glen illuminated at night

Derby Square

The main entrances to the open space are from the surrounding pavement. The entrances are well maintained with amenity planting, signage, bins and benches. The walls and rails which surround the square are a distinctive feature of a typical suburban square.

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Derby Square in Douglas.

Hutchinson Square

There are various entrances to Hutchinson Square around the boundary of the square. There are attractive floral displays at all entrances to Hutchinson Square with signage and historical interpretation boards.

During 1940 the gardens and surrounding properties of Hutchinson Square where compulsory possessed by the British Crown and an internment camp was created. The World War II Hutchinson internment camp was particularly noted as “the artists’ camp” due to the thriving artistic and intellectual life of its internees.

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Hutchinson Square in full bloom
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