[3] Cambuslang Public Park is renowned for its unique natural amphitheatre and varied ecological features, including a pond and extensive woodland areas which are home to rare species.

[4] The town's war memorial is located within the park: this features a bronze statue of a kilted soldier (sculptor Alexander Proudfoot, unveiled 1922)[5] – it is said to depict John McAlpine, the first man from Cambuslang killed in the First World War[6] Local activists have researched the details of every local serviceman killed in the 1914–1918 and 1939–1945 conflicts[7] (including Victoria Cross recipient Hugh McIver), which are displayed on plaques behind the statue.

[8] Due to the park being somewhat isolated from the town centre, an additional Remembrance Garden was installed at the east end of Cambuslang Main Street in the 2010s.

Described as being in four sections,[18] the landscape can be divided broadly into just two:[20] the west side accommodates the inclined and wooded Borgie Glen, the burn of which flows northwards to a small pond, while on the north side a similar burn emerges from a culvert and flows westwards in a similar wooded setting towards the same pond; the east and south section is comparatively flat, open and grassed and includes the flowerbed area, playpark and football pitches.

[22] Beyond the pond and Preaching Braes cairn is another incline forming a natural boundary to the glen, with the grounds of Cambuslang Old Parish Church situated at its head and the burn culverted below.