Little Neston is administratively part of Cheshire West and Chester and had a population of 3,390 at the 2001 Census.

[1] Together with Neston, it is a former mining village, with shafts dug out underneath the River Dee.

The marshes of the River Dee are popular with bird watchers and horticulturalists because of the wide range of flora and fauna to be found in the area.

Lord Nelson's mistress, Emma Hamilton, was born in nearby Ness[2][3] and is remembered locally with the Lady Hamilton pub.

Little Neston is home to St Winifride's RC Primary School on Mellock Lane and Woodfall Primary School on Woodfall Lane.