[1] The land was once the location of Southwood Camp, Cove Radio Station and ancient farmland and woodland.
[3] The suburb used to be home to the Nokia UK headquarters[4] and the Southwood Business Park, which as of July 2012 has 16 out of its 20 units let.
Occupiers of the business park include Puritan Maid, MIDAS-Press, Loma Systems and Toshiba, among others.
[7] There is also a church, clinic, dentist, medical surgery, petrol station and three pubs/restaurants, the 'Crab and Anchor', 'The Sarsen Stones' and the 'Monkey Puzzle'.
Its southern boundary consists of Southwood Woodland,[8] an 80-acre wooded amenity for walkers and cyclists.