The description in December 2020 stated: "Now a Council-owned public park covering about 1.6 hectares, Highfield Gardens is supported by an active Friends group which organises annual events".

[2] The friends group which have managed the gardens since 2005, obtained the £50,000 grant from the National Lottery Community Spaces Program in 2013.

[3] A BBC article from August 2013 discussed the restoration of the entrance to Hillfield Gardens: "cleaned and repaired the stone piers supporting the gates, and new balustrading was fitted.

A short length of solid stone railing links the far right hand pier with the gate lodge.

[7] There is a disused chapel located on the east side of the park, It is a Grade II* listed building.

There are many carvings on the walls of the chapel which may have been made by pilgrims which may represent various saints days or religious festivals.

Its arcades and architectural details are said to come from a 14th Century Medieval market house in Westgate Street called the King's Board which was demolished in 1780.

[11] Scrivens Conduit is an elaborate Grade II* listed [12] carved stone structure.

It was originally built in 1636, for Alderman John Scriven in Southgate Street as a conduit head over a piped water supply running from Robinswood Hill to the centre of Gloucester.