The local government community of Saltney lies entirely in Wales, while the English areas are unparished.

[6] Houses on the west side of the street are in the Flintshire County Council area and in the North Wales Police jurisdiction, while those on the east side are in the Cheshire West and Chester unitary authority area and in the Cheshire Police jurisdiction.

Officers from both forces have full legal jurisdiction throughout England & Wales therefore the border is largely immaterial for practical purposes.

The west side is in the Alyn and Deeside parliamentary constituency and the east is in the City of Chester electoral division.

The firm Henry Wood & Company was first to establish an engineering works on the west bank of the Dee in 1847, with further industrial development continuing into the 1880s.