Second public park created by Wolverhampton Council in 1895-6. Design by Borough Surveyor with assistance from Thomas Mawson. Original feature of East Park. Rare surviving example of a cast iron Victorian bandstand. The first public park was West Park.
East Park seems to have been created to balance up the provision on parks.
Originally it was miles from anywhere and was created on industrial wasteland. Its large lake constantly leaked and was filled in. There is now a paddling pool. The park is now surrounded by more housing that it ever has been and is therefore probably more useful than it ever has been. It has survived the years and its vicissitudes remarkably well.