It is situated in the suburb of Mossley Hill in the south of the city, close to Penny Lane and Sefton Park.

In 1897 Liverpool Corporation entered into an agreement with the Rathbone family to purchase land for £13,000 (equivalent to £1.79 million in 2023),[1] part of which became Greenbank Park.

The walled garden is all that remains of the Rathbone estate on the park.

[2] Greenbank Park has a children's playground, football, pitches, and a fishing pond, as well as mature trees and a conservation area.

There is a walled garden containing an artwork dedicated to Eleanor Rathbone by artist Lulu Quinn.