It is located in the Belgrade's municipality of Voždovac and until 2015 was known as Banjica Forest (Serbian: Бањичка шума, romanized: Banjička šuma), the name still used in news reports.

[3] Byford's Forest is a meridionally elongated wooded area between the Boulevard of the Liberation on the east and the Pavla Jurišića Šturma Street on the west.

German occupational administration originally planned to build it on Ada Ciganlija, but dropped the idea due to the constant flooding of the island, choosing Banjica instead.

[8] Timothy John Byford, British director, author and educator, who lived in Serbia since 1971, studied birds in the forest, and from 1986 to 1989, collected data on all 68 species.

There are numerous wildflowers on the forest floor, including wood avens, violets, strawberries, garlic mustard, deadnettles etc.

In the northern section of the park are the University of Defense, and the Athletics Hall, while in the central-west part is the complex including Museum of the Banjica concentration camp and Military Academy.

Central part of the Pavla Jurišića Šturma Street's carriageway, for 100 metres (330 ft), is cobblestoned and surrounded by the asphalt concrete.

It marks the "death path", crossed by the captives when they were taken from the camp to the trucks which transported them to the Jajinci execution field.

[7] King Peter I Stadium, home venue of the FK Rad, is located in the southwest zone, while the Military Medical Academy is across it.

[4][5] The Lukoil gas station, Best Western Hotel "M", and the large Kovač building materials depot occupy the central-east part of the forest, along the boulevard.