Charles Adderley MP donated 10 acres (4.0 ha) of land to create the park,[1] which he managed privately from 1855 to 1864.

[2] At the park's entrance were buildings housing a library, reading room and museum.

The area is served by Adderley Park railway station.

Adderley Park is notable for being the home of Wolseley Motors from 1901 until the late 1920s when following William Morris’s purchase of Wolseley the plant was given over to commercial vehicle production, mainly light vans.

With the formation of BLMC in 1968, the Adderley Park plant’s days were numbered.