The name Rototuna is also often used to include Grosvenor, Callum Brae, Huntington and St James.

[7] The Thomas Homestead at 219 Gordonton Road was built in 1929 on 100 acres (40 ha), part of which is now Somerset Heights.

[9] Waikato Waldorf school[10] and Te Manatu Park are on the edge of Somerset Heights.

[11] Alligator weed was a problem in the Somerset Heights sediment pond, requiring it to be dredged in September 2005.

[12] Somerset Heights is at the head of Kirikiriroa gully, where cabbage trees, grey willow, hawthorn, Astelia grandis, whekiponga and ferns grow.