Eastwards between Harrogate Road and New Line in Greengates Retail Park is a Sainsbury's, Homebase, Matalan, Blockbuster, Costa, and KFC.
As well as the villages of Idle and Thackley, the ward includes the villages of Apperley Bridge, Greengates and a small part of the Thorpe Edge housing estate.
Greengates School is a British-style international school located in the Balcones de San Mateo neighbourhood in Naucalpan, located north-west of Mexico City, Mexico.