It contains Elder Park Library [de], a boating pond, the original Fairfield farmhouse, and Linthouse Mansion portico.

Elder gifted the park for "healthful recreation by music and amusement".

[3] The park's sandstone entrance gates were refurbished during 2021, with a small ceremony taking place at the conclusion of the project in February 2022.

It was opened in September 1903 by Andrew Carnegie, gifted to the people of Glasgow by Isabella Elder, and designed by John James Burnett.

[7] The Linthouse Mansion was built in 1791, however the only remaining part of the house now is the portico.