It lies south of the A27 road two miles (3 km) north-west of the town centre.

It is served by three elected Worthing Borough Councillors at any given time, currently Nicola Waight, Noel Atkins and Michael Cloake, all Conservative.

The cottage in which he lived was demolished in the 1960s when it fell into disrepair and was replaced with a row of bungalows.

However Salvington's main public house, Ye John Selden, retains his name.

This 16th-century building, originally known as 'Salvington Lets' is a listed building and retains in its attic what is possibly the last cockfighting pen in Sussex, surrounded by a thin oak trellis hammered together with hand-made nails.