The suburb is divided into two areas: High Ford borders the estate of Pennywell.

Low Ford, to the east, borders the suburb of Pallion.

[1] Much like the neighbouring estate of Pennywell, Ford Estate is currently undergoing large levels of urban regeneration with private housing now standing in the place of the homes people were forcibly evicted from.

[citation needed] At the heart of the area once stood Ford Hall (after which the area is named), the childhood home of General Havelock,[2] and a road is named after him near the site as well as a few public houses outside the suburb.

The house was demolished in the middle of the twentieth century and was rebuilt as a retirement home.