Bollington
Sign in to saveBollington is a town and civil parish in Cheshire, England, to the east of Prestbury. In the Middle Ages, it was part of the Earl of Chester's manor of Macclesfield and the ancient parish of Prestbury. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 7,944 and the built up area had a population of 7,235.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Bollington
- UK place.label_position
- left
- UK place.population_ref
- 7,944 (Parish, 2021)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Bollington
- UK place.unitary_england
- Cheshire East
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Cheshire
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Macclesfield
- UK place.post_town
- MACCLESFIELD
- UK place.postcode_district
- SK10
- UK place.postcode_area
- SK
- UK place.dial_code
- 01625
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SJ9377
- UK place.static_image_name
- Bollington.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- A view over Bollington from White Nancy, looking north
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Bollington is a town and civil parish in Cheshire, England, to the east of Prestbury. In the Middle Ages, it was part of the Earl of Chester's manor of Macclesfield and the ancient parish of Prestbury. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 7,944 and the built up area had a population of 7,235.
Bollington is on the River Dean and the Macclesfield Canal, on the south-western edge of the Peak District. Rising above the town on Kerridge Hill is White Nancy, a structure built to commemorate the victory at the Battle of Waterloo.