Surrounding Copthorne Road, the suburb is mainly residential and runs from the junction where Copthorne Bank meets New Street, in the north east near Frankwell Island, to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (previously known as Copthorne Hospital) and the suburb of Shelton to the west and south-west, on the outskirts of town.
Between 1982 and 1999, Bredbury has held professional football contracts with football clubs based in Hong Kong, including Ryoden, Seiko, Hong Kong Rangers, South China, Lai Sun, Frankwell, Sing Tao & Instant-Dict and Australian Sydney Olympic FC and Malaysian Selangor FA & Sabah FA.