The ward elects two councillors to the Bath and North East Somerset unitary authority.
[4][failed verification] The ward stretches about 1 mile (1.6 km) westward from Bath city centre, straddling the A4 road north of the River Avon.
[5] A boundary review in 2018, which came into force at the May 2019 local elections, abolished Abbey ward and extended Kingsmead eastwards as far as the Avon to include most of the city centre.
[5] The closed Mangotsfield and Bath Branch Line formerly ran from Green Park station, now a shopping area, in the ward.
The electoral wards surrounding the ward are: Newbridge to the west, Weston and Lansdown to the north, Walcot and Bathwick to the east, and Widcombe & Lyncombe, Oldfield Park and Westmoreland to the south over the River Avon.