It is located roughly 3.1 miles (5.0 km) from the City Centre, and surrounding areas include Bulwell to the north, Aspley and Broxtowe to the south, Basford to the east and Nuthall to the west.

The southern part lies within the Aspley ward, which mainly consists of council housing that was constructed in the 1930s, and is widely known by the locals as the Bell's Lane Estate.

Other facilities include the Rosslyn Park Primary and Nursery School located off Amesbury Circus, a One Stop convenience store, a Fish Bar and a take away located off Bell's Lane, and the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel off Nuthall and Cinderhill Road.

[5][6] The Cinderhill tram stop has a single platform as well as a single track, and has frequent services from Phoenix Park to Clifton South as part of NET's Line 2 service.

■ 2: Clifton South → Clifton → Wilford Lane → Railway Station → Nottingham → The Forest → Wilkinson Street → Highbury Vale → Cinderhill → Phoenix Park[7] ■ 35: Nottingham → Derby Road → QMC → University Park → Wollaton Vale → Bilborough → Strelley → Cinderhill → Bulwell[8] ■ 70: Nottingham → Sherwood Rise → Basford → Cinderhill (Bagnall Road) → Bulwell → Bulwell Morrisons[9] ■ 70B: Nottingham → Sherwood Rise → Basford → Cinderhill (Bagnall Road) → Bulwell[10] ■ 71: Nottingham → Sherwood Rise → Basford → Cinderhill → Bulwell → Bulwell Morrisons[11] ■ 71B: Nottingham → Sherwood Rise → Basford → Cinderhill → Bulwell[12] ■ 77C: Nottingham → Alfreton Road → Aspley Lane → Strelley → Cinderhill[13] ■ 79: Nottingham → Alfreton Road → Nuthall Road → Cinderhill → Bulwell → Rise Park → Warren Hill → Bestwood Park → Arnold[14] ■ 79A: Nottingham → Alfreton Road → Nuthall Road → Cinderhill → Bulwell → Rise Park → Top Valley → Bestwood Park → Arnold[15] ■ 79B: Nottingham → Alfreton Road → Nuthall Road → Cinderhill → Bulwell / Rise Park[16]