[1] The estate upon which the park lies was founded and shaped by John Shaw, a former Mayor of Liverpool who made his wealth from the slave trade.

[2] When he died the estate passed to his great nephew John "Ralph" Shaw, who built Arrowe Hall, an Elizabethan-style mansion, and laid out the grounds and gardens.

Ralph Shaw was a magistrate who dissuaded people from trespassing on his land with traps including spring-loaded shotguns.

The park's facilities include nature walks, meadows, a lake, an eighteen hole golf course and it is a Site of Biological Interest.

On his estate he installed mantraps and spring-loaded shotguns to dissuade poachers and trespassers from straying onto his land.

Arrowe Brook flows along the western edge of the park, from south to north, alongside a path.

The wildflower meadows attract butterflies such as small heath, skipper and the speckled wood.