[1] Puddington has as its centrepiece a village green which hosts the annual Christmas carol service and summer barbecue.

[5] Puddington is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Potitone,[6] within the Wilaveston Hundred of Cheshire.

This was abolished on 1 April 1974, when local government reorganisation in England and Wales created the non-metropolitan district of Chester.

[2][8] The civil parish of Puddington includes the hamlets of Badger's Rake (part), Benty Heys, Croxton Wood, Shotwick and Woodbank.

As of 2025, Puddington is within the Saughall and Mollington Ward of the Cheshire West and Chester unitary authority.