Shortwood lies west of the village and is above an earth sculpture built against the ridge on which it stands opposite of the Bristol suburb's of Emerson's Green and Mangotsfield.
The winding route north-west of the village has a line of smallholdings at the top of Coxgrove Hill and along the road of the same name which leads, including on a short stretch of north-south Roman road, towards Henfield, Gloucestershire and Coalpit Heath beyond.