It is close to the site of an earlier St Mary Woolnoth church, where the reverend John Newton delivered many anti-slavery sermons.

A sculpture 'The Gilt of Cain', by Michael Visocchi, featuring text by Lemn Sissay was unveiled in the park by Archbishop Desmond Tutu to commemorate the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade.

[1][2] The London Centre for Spiritual Direction has a small circular labyrinth laid out in the garden.

[3] The garden is on the site of the churchyard of St Gabriel Fenchurch, burnt down in the Great Fire of London in 1666.

[1] In 2019, a mixed use building of 15 storeys built by Generali Real Estate with Eric Parry Architects,[4] called One Fen Court or 120 Fenchurch Street, opened alongside the east side of Fen Court.