Entrance to the park is via Waterford Bridge Road, passing a sculptured duck pond and a Peter Pan statue.

The land that Bowring Park currently occupies was originally a farm owned by William Thorburn known as Rae Island.

[1] Frederick Todd created the design and Rudolph Cochius was the landscape architect for the original section of the park.

The bridge design and planning for the new section was completed by the noted modernist architect, Blanche Lemco van Ginkel in collaboration with Arup Partners.

The Peter Pan was erected in memory of Sir Edgar Bowring's godchild, Betty Munn, who had drowned along with her father at the sinking of Florizel at Cappahayden.