Pedestrian access is via gateways opposite St James' Grove mid-way on the northern side which leads via a wide footpath to another due south on Burns Road.

The site is currently maintained and managed by Wandsworth Council in conjunction with Enable Leisure and Culture and their amenity and arboricultural maintenance contractors.

Building work commenced from 1902 and was one of the earliest examples of public social housing development to be executed by a local council.

The creation of the recreation ground and preservation of some of the historic amenity value of the land was a condition of the development and the park formally opened in 1906.

The statue was sited on a plinth in the central circular area of the park until, amidst the related controversy, it was removed and presumably destroyed.