Gateposts from the farm, which may have originally flanked an entrance to Sheffield Park, can still be seen amidst a housing estate dating from the late 1960s.

[1] The suburb is served by St Catherine of Siena church, designed by Basil Spence.

Jarvis Cocker, lead singer of the band Pulp was born in the area.

It has two pubs, the "High Noon" and "The Springwood", and also has a primary school (Woodthorpe), which was rebuilt in September 2005.

However now "The Springwood" has closed down due to unpopular demand in the area and it is now abandoned and boarded up.