the ward is in the extreme southeast of bradford district in a green wedge of land between the urban areas of bradford and leeds, the centre of the former being to the northwest and the centre of the latter being about to the northeast. although surrounded by green belt, most of the settlements nearest to tong are urban in character, tong street being to the west of the village, drighlington to the south, gildersome, to the southeast and new farnley to the east (distances from the boundaries of the ward). the rural village of bankhouse and the moravian settlement of fulneck in pudsey are about to the north of tong with cockersdale to the southeast. east bierley, immediately adjacent in the south, is part of kirklees.