The Cannons Creek neighbourhood sits in the heart of eastern Porirua. It is surrounded by Bothamley Park to the north and a range of parks including Cannons Creek Lakes Reserve to the south. Mungavin Avenue and Warspite Avenue run through the middle of the neighbourhood and help to connect the residents of Cannons Creek to other town centres in Rānui, and Waitangirua as well as the wider Porirua area.
For the purposes of planning, Cannons Creek has been divided into four ‘development neighbourhoods’:
- Cannons Creek North East
- Cannons Creek North West
- Cannons Creek South East
- Cannons Creek South West