This area shows a mix of HDB estates - Choa Chu Kang / Teck Whye in the northwest, Bukit Panjang in the north and Bukit Batok in the southwest corner. Also in this area are some private residential estates. The private residential estate consists of landed properties in Cashew Road and Chestnut/Almond Avenues/Drives and some condominiums in the Hillview and Hume Avenue areas.
Major roads in this area are Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE), Upper Bukit Timah Road, Dairy Farm Road, Bukit Panjang Road and Bukit Batok Road at the left side of the map. Many stations of the Bukit Panjang LRT (BPLRT) light rail-train system are shown in the upper part of the map.
In the right side of the map is the western edge of the Upper Pierce Reservoir and the bottom-right corner shows part of the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve.