# Saltney

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Town in Wales and England

Human settlement in England & Wales

Saltney Saltney High Street Saltney Location within the United Kingdom Population 5,452 (2020 Estimate) OS grid reference SJ375645 Principal area Flintshire Unitary authority Cheshire West and Chester Preserved county Clwyd Ceremonial county Cheshire Region North West Country England & Wales Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town CHESTER Postcode district CH4 Dialling code 01244 UK Parliament Chester South and Eddisbury (England) & Alyn and Deeside (Wales) Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament Alyn and Deeside (Wales only) Website saltneytowncouncil.gov.uk/ (Wales) List of places United Kingdom 53°10′44″N 2°55′19″W / 53.179°N 2.922°W / 53.179; -2.922 Map of the community covering parts of Saltney in Flintshire, Wales

**Saltney** is a town straddling the counties of [Flintshire](/source/Flintshire) and [Cheshire](/source/Cheshire) on the [England–Wales border](/source/England%E2%80%93Wales_border). The local government [community](/source/Community_(Wales)) of Saltney lies entirely in Wales, while the English areas are [unparished](/source/Unparished_area). The town forms part of [Chester](/source/Chester)'s built-up area[1] and is around 5 miles from [Deeside](/source/Deeside).

Saltney is located next to the [River Dee](/source/River_Dee%2C_Wales). In the [2001 census](/source/2001_United_Kingdom_census) the population of the town was 4,769,[2] rising to 5,132 at the time of the [2011 census](/source/2011_United_Kingdom_census).[3]

## Location

**Higher Saltney**, known locally as "Top Saltney" is in [Chester](/source/Chester), Cheshire. The Welsh sector of the community is known as **Saltney**,[4] and is known as "Saltney" in Welsh as well.[5] The [England–Wales border](/source/England%E2%80%93Wales_border) runs down the middle of Boundary Lane, one of only two urban streets in England and Wales where this happens (the other being in [Llanymynech](/source/Llanymynech)).[6] Houses on the west side of the street are in the [Flintshire County Council](/source/Flintshire_County_Council) area and in the [North Wales Police](/source/North_Wales_Police) jurisdiction, while those on the east side are in the [Cheshire West and Chester](/source/Cheshire_West_and_Chester) unitary authority area and in the [Cheshire Police](/source/Cheshire_Police) jurisdiction.[6] in terms of policing, this refers to operations jurisdiction not legal jurisdiction. Officers from both forces have full legal jurisdiction throughout England & Wales therefore the border is largely immaterial for practical purposes. The west side is in the [Alyn and Deeside](/source/Alyn_and_Deeside_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) parliamentary constituency and the east is in [Chester South and Eddisbury](/source/Chester_South_and_Eddisbury_(UK_Parliament_constituency)).

## History

Saltney's name is derived from the former [salt marshes](/source/Salt_marsh) by the [River Dee](/source/River_Dee%2C_Wales) on which it is built. Once the terminus of [Sir John Glynne's Canal](/source/Sir_John_Glynne's_Canal), Saltney grew in the late 19th century and through the 20th century to its present population of over 5,000. [Saltney Ferry railway station](/source/Saltney_Ferry_railway_station) was open between 1891 and 1962.

*Morfa Caer* is an old Welsh name for the area.[7]

Saltney was a location for shipbuilding and in particular chain-making and the manufacture of [anchors](/source/Anchor). The firm Henry Wood & Company was first to establish an engineering works on the west bank of the Dee in 1847, with further industrial development continuing into the 1880s.[8][9] Henry Wood's legacy is implemented with Wood Memorial CP School being named after him.

## Amenities

There is a public house called The City Arms in Higher Saltney. Other amenities in Saltney include the Corner Pin public house, a post office, Saltney Business Centre, St David's Retail Park and the [Asda](/source/Asda) and [Morrisons](/source/Morrisons) supermarkets.

Saltney has three primary schools, St Anthony's Catholic Primary, Saltney Ferry C.P. and Wood Memorial, which was subject to national media attention when a delivery of crumpets was stolen in 2015. St David's High School is the local secondary school for students from the surrounding areas.

The Anglican parish church is [St Mark's](/source/St_Mark's_Church%2C_Saltney) which is in Higher Saltney. On the High Street can be found St Anthony of Padua Catholic Church and Saltney Methodist Church.

There is a community centre in the centre of Saltney which is regularly used by children's groups as well as being surrounded by fields where football tournaments are often held. The Community Centre is also home to [Saltney Town FC](/source/Saltney_Town_FC) who formed in 2010.

## Notable people

- [Stephen Dewar Holden](/source/S._D._Holden) (1870–1918), engineer, locomotive superintendent of the [Great Eastern Railway](/source/Great_Eastern_Railway), 1908-1912.

- [Charles Sitch](/source/Charles_Sitch) (1887–1960,) politician and MP for [Kingswinford](/source/Kingswinford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)), 1918-1931.

- [Arthur Pearson](/source/Arthur_Pearson_(British_politician)) (1897–1980), politician and MP for [Pontypridd](/source/Pontypridd_(UK_Parliament_constituency)), 1938-1970

- [Ted Regan](/source/Ted_Regan_(footballer)) (1900–1973), footballer with 188 caps with [Wrexham A.F.C.](/source/Wrexham_A.F.C.)

- [Melanie Roberts](/source/Melanie_Roberts) (born 1988), retired [artistic gymnast](/source/Artistic_gymnastics).

## See also

- [St Matthew's Church, Saltney](/source/St_Matthew's_Church%2C_Saltney)

- [Sealand, Flintshire](/source/Sealand%2C_Flintshire), a nearby area of farmland reclaimed from the Dee estuary.

- [Chester Corporation Tramways](/source/Chester_Corporation_Tramways) former tramway to [Chester station](/source/Chester_railway_station)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-builtuparea_pop_1-0)** [UK Census](/source/2011_United_Kingdom_census) (2011). ["Local Area Report – Chester built up area (K05000008)"](https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2011_ks/report?compare=K05000008). *Nomis*. [Office for National Statistics](/source/Office_for_National_Statistics_(United_Kingdom)). Retrieved 25 August 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [UK Census](/source/2001_United_Kingdom_census) (2001). ["Local Area Report – Saltney Parish (Community) (00NJ028)"](https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2001_ks/report?compare=00NJ028). *Nomis*. [Office for National Statistics](/source/Office_for_National_Statistics). Retrieved 2 February 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [UK Census](/source/2011_United_Kingdom_census) (2011). ["Local Area Report – Saltney Parish (Community) (W04000206)"](https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2011_ks/report?compare=W04000206). *Nomis*. [Office for National Statistics](/source/Office_for_National_Statistics_(United_Kingdom)). Retrieved 2 February 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Lache Park (Ward Profile)"](https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20081110130707/http://www.chester.gov.uk/PDF/Neighbourhood-Profile-Lache-Park-Summary-Mk-4.pdf) (PDF). Chester City Council. Archived from [the original](http://www.chester.gov.uk/PDF/Neighbourhood-Profile-Lache-Park-Summary-Mk-4.pdf) (PDF) on 10 November 2008. Retrieved 30 November 2007.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Standardised Welsh Place names"](https://www.welshlanguagecommissioner.wales/standardised-welsh-place-names). *www.welshlanguagecommissioner.wales*. Retrieved 30 April 2023.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-OneShow6Aug09_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-OneShow6Aug09_6-1) *[The One Show](/source/The_One_Show)*, [BBC TV](/source/BBC_TV), 6 August 2009

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** *The History of North Wales: Comprising a Topographical Description of the Several Counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, Denbigh, Flint, Merioneth, and Montgomery. To which is Prefixed, A Review of the History of Britain, from the Roman Period to the Saxon Heptarchy. Interspersed with Notes Biographical and Explanatory*. J. Gleave and sons. 1828. p. 220.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Roger Swift, ed. (1996). [*Victorian Chester: Essays in Social History, 1830-1900*](https://books.google.com/books?id=GOjt7Rycb_YC&q=%22henry+wood%22+saltney&pg=PA26). Liverpool University Press. p. 26. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-85323-661-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-85323-661-5). Retrieved 13 March 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** C P Lewis, A T Thacker, ed. (2003). ["Late Georgian and Victorian Chester 1762-1914: The economy, 1841-70, reorientation and boom"](https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/ches/vol5/pt1/pp177-185). *A History of the County of Chester: Volume 5 Part 1, the City of Chester: General History and Topography*. British History Online. pp. 177–185. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

## External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Saltney](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Saltney).

- [Photos of Saltney and surrounding area on geograph.org.uk](https://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=6599251)

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