The Conservation area is centred on the junction of Bedford Street and Fore Street. It extends north eastwards to encompass the lower end of Bedford Street, The Mount Zion Methodist Church, Bedford Place, numbers 74-78 Broad Park and Bedford Villas.
South eastwards, it runs down Bedford Park, skirting the rear of the properties in Pilgrim Drive, encompassing all the properties on the east side of Fore Street, as far as High Cross, including Edgecombe Terrace. It then runs back up Fore Street, taking in 43 Fore Street and all the properties on the south side of Cornwall Street and The Square.
It turns northwards along the path between number 37 Cornwall Street and The Close (excluding the latter) to encompass the village hall and Victoria Social Club. It also includes properties on the south side of Station Road up to and including number 47, together with numbers 1-7 Lockridge Road. It skirts the edge of the Drakes Park development, and into Chapel Street.
