It lies approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Basingstoke on the other side of the M3 motorway from the town.
[2] There is a pub, The Fox ( a free house that serves food), and a church, St Martin's, which has 13th-century origins.
Part of Ellisfield has been designated as a conservation area by Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council.
Part of this route formed the Harrow Way, an ancient trackway across Southern England from Dover to Stonehenge and then Cornwall.
Affordable housing has been built outside of the conservation area at Farrier's Field on land donated by the Earl of Portsmouth (who owns the Farleigh Estate).