The oldest residential part of the area is Darley Park, which shares some characteristics with neighbouring Whalley Range and Chorltonville.

Firswood tram stop is on Rye Bank Road, where it opened in July 2011, after the existing disused Cheshire Lines Committee railway track was cleared and upgraded as part of Metrolink ‘Big Bang' extension.

[3] The area is also served by the nearby Old Trafford tram stop, on the Altrincham to Bury line, and the number 15 bus.

[5] John Alcock, who along with Arthur Whitten Brown was the first man to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, was born in the lodge of Basford House on Seymour Grove, where his father was the coachman.

Tom Curry member of the Manchester United coaching staff who died in the 1958 Munich Air Disaster lived on Bedford Road in Firswood.