[1] It is situated in the LS9 Leeds postcode area, two miles (3 km) to the east of Leeds city centre between East End Park and Halton Moor.

The district is part of the Burmantofts and Richmond Hill Ward of the Leeds Metropolitan Council.

It was originally a hamlet 3.5 miles SE of Leeds associated with the township of Temple Newsam and in the Whitkirk parish with some coal working.

[3] Some 50 acres of the grounds were used to create East End Park and the rest for housing.

[7] Osmondthorpe is home to the Neville Hill railway depot.