St Stephens-by-Saltash is situated in the Deanery and Hundred of East. It is bounded on the North by Botus Fleming and Landulph, on the East by the River Tamar, the town of Saltash and the (once) Cornish part of St Budeaux, on the South by St Germans Creek, and on the West by the River Lynher which separates it from St Erney and Landrake. A detached part of the parish, called Howton, is bounded by Pillaton, Botus Fleming, Landrake and Quethiock. This parish originally covered the town of Saltash, until a separate ecclesiastical parish of Saltash was formed in 1881. It still covers the area West of the town of Saltash, and is the remnant of the original parish when the town was separated from it in 1697. The main villages are the Churchtown, Burraton, Elmgate, Forder, Longlands, Notter, Trehan, Trematon, Trevollard, Wearde, Antony Passage and Carkeel. The Churchtown is now just a suburb of Saltash town; in 1951, St Stephens became part of Saltash civil parish again.