Saltney
Coordinates: 53°10′44″N 2°55′19″W / 53.179°N 2.922°W
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 Saltney High Street |
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 Saltney
Saltney shown within Flintshire |
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| Population | 4,769 (2001 Census)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | SJ375645 |
| Principal area | Flintshire |
| Ceremonial county | Clwyd |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CHESTER |
| Postcode district | CH4 |
| Dialling code | 01244 |
| Police | North Wales |
| Fire | North Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| EU Parliament | Wales |
| UK Parliament | Alyn and Deeside |
| Welsh Assembly | Alyn and Deeside |
| List of places: UK • Wales • Flintshire | |
Saltney is a small town in Flintshire, Wales. It is immediately to the west of the border with Cheshire in England and is contiguous with the Chester urban area.
The name is derived from the former salt marshes on which it is built, lying on the River Dee. Once the terminus of Sir John Glynne's Canal, Saltney grew in the late 19th century and through the 20th century to its present population of 4,769 at the 2001 Census.[1]
Higher Saltney more commonly known by local people as "Top Saltney" (part of the area known locally as Saltney) is in Chester, Cheshire, with the Welsh sector of the community known more specifically as Saltney Town.[2] The English-Welsh border runs down the middle of Boundary Lane in Saltney, the only urban street in England/Wales where this happens.[3] This means that houses on the west side of the street are in the Flintshire County Council area and in the North Wales Police jurisdiction, while those on the east side are in the Cheshire West and Chester unitary authority area and in the Cheshire Police jurisdiction.[3]
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 (Farmfoods/Poundstretchers/Ableworld), an Asda Supermarket (Formally a Netto store) and a Morrisons supermarket.
Saltney has 3 primary schools, St Anthony's Catholic Primary, Saltney Ferry and Wood Memorial. St David's High School is the local secondary school for students from the surrounding areas.
The parish church is St Mark's.
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 (weather permitting). The Community Centre is also home to Saltney Town FC who formed in 2010.
[edit] See also
- St Matthew's Church, Saltney
- Llanymynech, a village straddling the border between Montgomeryshire/Powys, Wales and Shropshire, England
[edit] References
- ^ a b 2001 Census: Saltney, Office for National Statistics, http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=800999&c=saltney&d=16&e=15&g=414752&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1196462934065&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779, retrieved 30 November 2007
- ^ Lache Park (Ward Profile), Chester City Council, http://www.chester.gov.uk/PDF/Neighbourhood-Profile-Lache-Park-Summary-Mk-4.pdf, retrieved 30 November 2007
- ^ a b The One Show, BBC TV, 6 August 2009
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