The village is located to the south of Leigh Woods National Nature Reserve.

It is situated at the western end of the Clifton Suspension Bridge, which opened in 1864, making the development of Leigh Woods as an upmarket residential area practicable.

Styles adopted included Italian, neo-Jacobean, Scottish baronial, Swiss chalet, Modern glass buildings, Domestic Revival and Arts and Crafts.

The church of St Mary the Virgin was designed by the architect John Medland and built in 1891.

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