Located between the villages of Shotwick and Saughall, it is approximately 8 km (5.0 mi) north west of Chester and close to the Welsh border.

[2] The area is the location of the remnants of Shotwick Castle (grid reference SJ349704), built about 1093 by Hugh Lupus, 1st Earl of Chester.

[3] This Norman motte and bailey fortification was constructed as part of the Welsh border defences in the area.

[4][5] According to the 1831 edition of A Topographical Dictionary of England, Shotwick Park was "an extra-parochial liberty" within the Wirral Hundred.

[2] Shotwick Park is a rural residential area with communal amenities provided in the nearby village of Saughall.