Saltney is a cross-border town, split between Flintshire, Wales and

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. The town is intersected by the

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, with its larger part being a community of Wales in the historic county of Clwyd. The town forms part of Chester's built-up area and is around 5 miles from

Deeside Deeside ( cy, Glannau Dyfrdwy) is the name given to a predominantly industrial conurbation of towns and villages in Flintshire and Cheshire on the Wales–England border lying near the canalised stretch of the River Dee that flows from nei ...

. Saltney is located next to the River Dee. In the 2001 census the population of the town was 4,769, rising to 5,132 at the time of the 2011 census.

Location

Higher Saltney, known locally as "Top Saltney" is in Chester, Cheshire. The Welsh sector of the community is known as Saltney. The

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, 6 August 2009 Houses on the west side of the street are in the

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area and in the

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jurisdiction, while those on the east side are in the Cheshire West and Chester unitary authority area and in the

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jurisdiction. The west side is in the Alyn and Deeside parliamentary constituency and the east is in the City of Chester electoral division.

History

Saltney's name is derived from the former

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es by the River Dee on which it is built. Once the terminus of Sir John Glynne's Canal, Saltney grew in the late nineteenth century and through the twentieth century to its present population of over 5,000.

Saltney Ferry railway station Saltney Ferry (Mold Junction) railway station was located on the western edge of the village of Saltney, Flintshire (now effectively a suburb of Chester). History Opened 1 June 1891 by the London and North Western Railway, it was served by w ...

was open between 1891 and 1962. Saltney was a location for shipbuilding and in particular chain-making and the manufacture of

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s. 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. 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. Hanging outside was a sign "The Last Pub In England" and on the other side it read "The First Pub In England". This sign was taken down some years ago. Other amenities in Saltney include the Corner Pin public house, a post office, Saltney Business Centre, St David's Retail Park and the

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supermarkets. Saltney has three primary schools, St Anthony's Catholic Primary, Saltney Ferry C.P. and Wood Memorial. St David's High School is the local secondary school for students from the surrounding areas. The Anglican parish church is St Mark's 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

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who formed in 2010.

Notable people

* Stephen Dewar Holden (1870–1918), engineer, locomotive superintendent of the Great Eastern Railway, 1908-1912. *

Charles Sitch Charles Henry Sitch (4 May 1887 – 13 June 1960) was Labour MP for Kingswinford. Born in Saltney in Flintshire, Sitch grew up in Cradley Heath, where his father, Thomas Sitch, was General Secretary of the Chain Makers' and Strikers' Associati ...

(1887–1960,) politician and MP for

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, 1918-1931. *

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(1897–1980), politician and MP for

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, 1938-1970 * Ted Regan (1900 – ??), footballer with 188 caps with

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* Melanie Roberts (born 1988), retired artistic gymnast.

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