The village is home to the Giltbrook Retail Park which has been developed due to the presence and popularity of Ikea, Decathlon and a Next store.
Near the junction it crossed a viaduct almost half a mile in length across the Giltbrook valley, known variously as Awsworth Viaduct, Giltbrook Viaduct, Kimberley Viaduct, but more commonly in the local area as the "Forty Bridges," though the actual combined number of arches and girder spans was 43.