The area is roughly bounded by the Dallow Downs to the north and north-east, Stockwood Park to the south, the M1 motorway to the west, and Wilsden Avenue and Bolingbroke Road to the east.

The estate was constructed after World War II to replace houses destroyed by German bombers.

The design of the estate primarily consists of residential housing, which was considered advanced at the time of its construction, incorporating a shopping precinct in the centre of a large roundabout and a wide avenue stretching from the centre to the edge of Stockwood Park.

Farley Hill is served by two junior schools: St Margaret Of Scotland Roman Catholic, which opened in 1960 to serve the large, mainly Irish, Roman Catholic population, and Farley Juniors, which opened in 1952.

[2] The ward forms part of the parliamentary constituency of Luton South and the MP is Rachel Hopkins.