The park includes over 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) of walking trails spread through an area of over 10 hectares (25 acres), winding along a quiet brook.

The park features walking trails, benches, flower beds, path lighting, a small dam, and pedestrian bridges crossing the brook in several places and at either end.

[citation needed] On 4 April 1970 Inglis H. Macaulay, a member of council and Deputy Mayor for Glace Bay, proposed a development along the Renwick Brook[5] as part of a larger municipal infrastructure project then in the planning stages.

Finally construction began in 1983, spearheaded by then Mayor of Glace Bay Bruce Allan Clark and then MP David Dingwall.

[6] In 2008-2009 Renwick Brook Park underwent a $560,000 upgrade[6] which included improvements to the trails, landscaping, and replacement of all the path lighting.