Sexby's design included an Old English Garden, an oval duck pond, a bandstand and a bowling green.

[2] The former entrance porch to one of the demolished houses remains in the park, and is Grade II listed.

[3] The park is named after John Ruskin (1819–1900), a poet, writer and a major champion of diverse green spaces as well as of the Arts and Crafts movement, who lived nearby from 1823 to 1871.

[4] During World War I, recruits of the 21st Battalion, London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) based at nearby Flodden Road in Camberwell, trained in the park.

[7] There is a mural of a common toad on a wall in the park by street artist ATM, which was commissioned by the charity Froglife.