[1] Although not specifically mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, it constituted a portion of the land owned by St Werburgh's Abbey in Chester.

Childer Thornton is in the southern part of the Wirral Peninsula, near to the town of Ellesmere Port.

[8] The busy A41 road between Birkenhead and Chester runs through the middle of Childer Thornton.

Despite this, the area is relatively unspoilt, with the M53 motorway effectively diverting away from the bulk of through traffic.

The nearest railway station is Little Sutton, on the Wirral line of the Merseyrail network between Ellesmere Port and Liverpool.