It is bordered by Hindpool, Parkside, Hawcoat, Roanhead and Walney Channel.

[1] Almost three quarters of Ormsgill is greenspace, with the majority of residents living in the densely populated south-east corridor.

[2] The western part of the ward is predominantly industrial and includes a large Kimberly-Clark plant and numerous other industrial estates which provide a base for companies including Blyth, BT, Gyrodata, McBride and Oil States International.

It is home to the town's oldest continuously inhabited building; Ormsgill Farm House dated 1605.

Other sites of interest in the ward include High Cocken, former residence of George Romney, and Thorncliffe Cemetery and Crematorium, the largest graveyard in the borough.