Predominantly residential area along Park Street with an assortment of public building. The dominant age of character is the late 20th century but there are a number of 19th century buildings surviving giving partial legibility of the former townscape. The medieval linear settlement of Wombwell would probably have extended into this area. There were farms within this area until at least the 1930s. Wombwell manor house was within the polygon and was known from the medieval period (SMR PIN337).