[1] It lies in an upland area between the River Trent and the Vale of Belvoir, and between the A52 and A46 roads, close to their junction at Saxondale Roundabout near Bingham.

It includes some 350 dwellings, ranging from three-bedroom converted hospital buildings to newly built five to six-bedroom detached houses.

The area boundary encompasses the former Saxondale Hospital site and includes extensive semi-wooded grounds, parkland landscape and fine trees.

David Wilson Homes originally called the development St James Park, but a change of name to Upper Saxondale was voted at a Residents' Association meeting in 1999.

The site is marked by five mature trees set out in the shape of a cross in the middle of a field close to the main Saxondale Drive.