All lie south of the River Nene and are thus historically in Huntingdonshire, but are not in the current local government district of that name.

This was widely assumed to be due to competition from the Tesco Extra which had opened at nearby Serpentine Green in Hampton and the ongoing degeneration of the centre.

There is a row of shops, including a post office, at Matley which also has a community centre where the Salvation Army hold Sunday services.

The church contains many historic monuments to the families who once owned properties in the village, including the Huntlys and Copes, and has a rare wall painting of St Christopher.

There is still a village green and close by is a half-mile long plantation of giant redwood wellingtonia trees known as the 'Long Walk'.

To the west of this road lies the original 'village', and to the east is a housing estate and some light warehousing laid out on former farmland in the latter half of the 20th century.

[6] Similar in character to Orton Goldhay, this area was also created from the mid-1970s and lies along the dedicated bus route leading to the city centre.

[16] The Lime Academy educational trust has a campus hub for children on Malborne Way[17] built on the site of The Tunnel Adventure Playground.

[19] This is mainly a business area containing offices and factories, including ComparetheMarket.com, NCR, Amazon, XL Displays, Yodal and others.

The East of England Showground sold off some of its land to developers to expand the housing towards Alwalton, linking Dunblane Drive with Loch Lomond Way.

One of the original 'Ortons', Orton Waterville also retains a village atmosphere and contains many thatched and stone built cottages and the 13th-century parish church of St Mary's.

This development lies adjacent to the Country Park known as Ferry Meadows and the Nene Valley Railway.