[4] Most of the land and buildings in Saighton are owned by the Duke of Westminster's Eaton Estate, which has been in the ownership of the Grosvenor family since the 1440s.

Saighton is described in 1870–72 in John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales as having a population of 272, 59 houses and a post office.

[9] St Mary's Church is in the small settlement of Bruera, which lies between the villages of Saighton and Aldford, in Cheshire, England.

[14] The streets on the new estate have names with military significance, such as Wellesley, Alanbrooke, Green Howards and Dragoon.

The village has a voluntary aided Church of England primary school, with older children travelling to nearby Christleton or Malpas for state secondary education.