The land was once the location of Southwood Camp, Cove Radio Station and ancient farmland and woodland.[2] A modern housing estate was built on the site in the 1980s.[3]
The suburb used to be home to the Nokia UK headquarters[4] and the Southwood Business Park, which as of July 2012 has 16 out of its 20 units let. BMW Group UK has acquired the Former Nokia site and has its headquarters there along with Alphabet. Occupiers of the business park include Puritan Maid, MIDAS-Press, Loma Systems and Toshiba, among others.[5]
Morrisons supermarket is the only shop on the estate along with its petrol station.[7] There is also a church, clinic, dentist, medical surgery, petrol station and three pubs/restaurants, the 'Crab and Anchor', 'The Sarsen Stones' and the 'Monkey Puzzle'.
Its southern boundary consists of Southwood Woodland,[8] an 80-acre wooded amenity for walkers and cyclists. The Nuffield Health health club in Links Way is the largest health club in Farnborough. There is a Monkey Puzzle restaurant and a Premier Inn Hotel in the southern part of the suburb.
