Glenroy covers the northern slopes of Nail Can Hill on the Murray River floodplain, and is bordered by North Albury to the east, Hamilton Valley and Lavington to the north, Splitters Creek to the west and West Albury to the south.

Features include Nail Can Hill Reserve and Glenroy Public School.

Glenroy is a developing residential suburb with large rural areas located in a valley on the northern slopes of Nail Can Hill.

Glenroy is one of Albury's fastest-growing suburbs, with the Glenroy-Hamilton Valley area growing from 2004 in 1996 to 3120 in 2006,[1] (a growth rate of 55.7% in 10 years).

Glen Park is home to the Boomers FC which is a soccer club based in Glenroy.