The Arbourthorne Estate was mainly built in the 1930s and has the feel of a monolithic interwar period council estate. It is located to the south of the city centre, on a North facing Hillside. It borders the Norfolk Park Estate to the North East, and the Gleadless Valley Estate to the South with Manor top to the East. East Bank road runs through the estate from Manor Top to the city centre. However, in the 1960s some flats and non-traditional Finnegan (5M) Type flat-roofed houses were built, which added to the housing mix on the estate.