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Starting from the bend in the road at Lower Somercotes as you travel from Pye Bridge, on the left hand side was the Co-operative Society and opposite was a small butcher's shop which was owned by Jack Ashton. On the same side of the road was an off-licence owned by Jean Waring and her husband.

Continuing on the right hand side is a terrace of houses and the end one until the 1990s was a Fish & Chip Shop. Directly opposite (which is the junction of Somercotes Hill and Cinder Road), was Wharmby's General Store (it is currently a Dental Practice). Walking up the hill approaching Windmill Rise, just before the junction was a general store, run by Mrs. Townsend, and which is now a private residence.

After the junction with Windmill Rise was The Hillside Club which has closed and has been redeveloped into housing. Across from the Hillside Club was Williamson's which is currently a shop selling prams and baby wear. Just above, was Unwin's General Store, which is now a private residence.

Back to the left hand side of the road, there was an electrical shop owned by Wraggs, which sold and repaired televisions and radios, and returning to the right hand side just before you arrive at the Old English Gentleman Public House, was a Butchers shop called Lycitt (in the mid-1800s, a Samuel Lycitt was the landlord of the Old English Gentleman, and this is an old established Somercotes family name). Continuing up the hill there is a building that stands a little back off the road as you turn into George Street, and this was once a shoe shop called Wass. As you walk further up the hill again, there is currently a Charity Shop, which was Albert Mason's. This shop sold everything from sweets to paraffin; it may have been a Fish & Chip Shop before that.

Where the Tackle Box is now, this also belonged to Mason's. If you walk down the unmade road at the side of the Tackle Box, at the bottom on the left hand side where there are now houses once stood a Betting Shop owned by Mr. R. Cresswell, which was later used as a gymnasium for the Somercotes Health & Strength Club and also as a training facility for boxing. Continuing on Somercotes Hill and opposite the Tackle Box was a newsagents owned by Jim Howarth; the shop was tiny, with only one room at the front of the premises being used. It is currently a general store. On the opposite corner of Quarry Road, was Brough's General Store. In the early 1970s it was taken over by Lipton's Supermarket, and has been both a carpet and a furniture store. Just along from this is a furniture shop originally owned by Leonard Miles, who began the business as a wallpaper seller. This business has been operating from the same premises since at least 1940. As you walk up Somercotes Hill, many years ago there used to be a butcher’s at number 152, which is now a private residence. A general store owned by Margaret Johnson, and her husband, was situated on the opposite side of the road, and this, too, is now a private residence.

Continuing back on the left hand side of the road, there is an archway between the houses where an off-licence was situated. The apartments that can now be seen just before the junction with New Street also used to be retail properties. Here was King's, (which was probably a sweet shop), and Werner's Refrigeration, which was there for quite a few years and sold electrical goods. After Werner’s closed the premises became a Café.  

Directly on the opposite corner with New Street was a storage and display building which was owned by Leonard Miles. It is currently being used as a fitness centre and is known as Angel’s Gym.

Carrying on, still on the left hand side, was a small general store and greengrocer owned by Mr. & Mrs. Marriott. It is now a private house. It was situated just before the Fish & Chip Shop, which, although it has had many different owners has always traded as such, at least as far as can be determined.

After the Fish & Chip shop is the current Co-operative Store and opposite is a small row of retail premises. Currently there is a flower shop, which stands on its own and has been there many years, the Post Office (although this has not always been there and may in fact be moving to an alternative site), followed by a shop owned for many years by Mrs. Woodland, who sold lingerie (it is currently vacant) and two further shops. The end one (nearest to the Devonshire Arms was a sweet shop in the 1960s. One is currently a pizza take-away and the other a Chinese take-away.

Somercotes Hill ends at the junction with Birchwood Lane.