Little Neston

{{Short description|Village in Cheshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox UK place

|country= England

|official_name= Little Neston

|static_image= Harp Inn, Little Neston (1).JPG

|static_image_caption= Harp Inn, Little Neston

|coordinates = {{coord|53.280|-3.057|display=inline,title}}

| population = 3,390

| population_ref = (2001 Census){{cite web|url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=5948067&c=little+neston&d=14&e=16&g=428530&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1192998850203&enc=1|title=2001 Census: Little Neston|work=Office for National Statistics|accessdate=21 October 2007}}

|civil_parish = Neston

|unitary_england= Cheshire West and Chester

|lieutenancy_england= Cheshire

|region= North West England

|constituency_westminster= Chester North and Neston

|post_town= NESTON

|postcode_district= CH64

|postcode_area= CH

|dial_code= 0151

|os_grid_reference= SJ296764

}}

Little Neston is a village south of Neston and situated on the Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire, England. Little Neston is administratively part of Cheshire West and Chester and had a population of 3,390 at the 2001 Census.

Image:Littlenestonmarshland.jpg

Together with Neston, it is a former mining village, with shafts dug out underneath the River Dee.

The marshes of the River Dee are popular with bird watchers and horticulturalists because of the wide range of flora and fauna to be found in the area.

Lord Nelson's mistress, Emma Hamilton, was born in nearby Ness{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/about/news/newsarticle.asp?id=447&venue=7 |title=Nelson and Lady Hamilton |work=National Museums Liverpool |date=15 February 2005 |accessdate=21 October 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060925005926/http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/about/news/newsarticle.asp?id=447 |archivedate=25 September 2006 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/collection/hms-victory/features/nelson-and-emma-letters-in-progress |title=The Story of Nelson and Emma |work=Icons: A Portrait of England |accessdate=21 October 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927004821/http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/collection/hms-victory/features/nelson-and-emma-letters-in-progress |archivedate=27 September 2007 }} and is remembered locally with the Lady Hamilton pub.

Little Neston is home to St Winifride's RC Primary School on Mellock Lane and Woodfall Primary School on Woodfall Lane. Neston Primary School on Burton Road is also in Little Neston. The nearest high school is Neston High School in Raby Park Road, Neston.