Formerly a separate village, it is now part of the town of Runcorn.

The village is separated from a large Ineos chemical plant by the Weston Point Expressway.

[4] The Grade II* listed St John the Evangelist's Church, built of sandstone in 1897, is described by Historic England as "a bold and original design".

[5] ICI's Castner-Kellner Works made trichloroethylene and perchloroethylene (tetrachloroethylene) and PVC.

Rocksavage Works, built by ICI from 1938, made chlorinated methane products, and fluorocarbons for aerosol products, under the Arcton trade name.