Bounded by Wilson Avenue and East Brighton golf course, the park extends into Sheepcote Valley and covers around 60 acres.

Further up the hill are the South Downs National Park, Stanley Deason leisure centre and the municipal dump.

Brighton College had leased 25 acres in 1923, but after experiencing financial problems had to return some land to the Corporation, which then created the Enclosed Football Ground in 1947 (now the site of Whitehawk F.C.).

The park is also used by the South East Coast Ambulance Service to land helicopters when bringing emergency cases to the Royal Sussex Hospital.

[6] The Land Beyond dance festival was due to take place in the park in June 2019, but the first day was cancelled as a result of high winds.