[4] The settlement consisted of eight households (two villagers, two smallholders and four slaves) on land held by St. Werburgh's Abbey.

The A55 (North Wales Expressway) passes through the south of the village, but is not directly accessible at Huntington.

[8] Recreational open spaces include a village green, Jubilee Field and the 30 acres (120,000 m2) of wetland, woodland and meadows of Caldy Nature Park.

Controversially the developers reneged on proposals to build a primary school on the site and succeeded in getting planning permission for additional housing instead.

Wales national football team manager Gary Speed, born just over the Welsh border in Mancot, lived at a house in the village at the time of his death in November 2011.