'Old' Bollington

Old is in quotes because it is not formally used in the name. But it is used locally to differentiate this part of the town. This is the largest part of the town and was developed in the 19thC with the coming of the mills and quarries. As a result most of the buildings are built of stone - hence another local term; the stone end of Bollington. Indeed, this is the only stone village in Cheshire. The mills in 'Old' Bollington include Defiance Mill (Queen Street), Higher Mill and Lower Mill (both at the end of Church Street), Oak Bank Mill (now Hamson Close), Clarence Mill (top of Clarence Road), and Whitaker's Mill (Turner Street off Church Street). I am not mentioning the mills in Ingersley Vale because they are technically in Rainow even though they can be accessed only from Bollington!

Other notable locations include St. John's Church; the main shopping areas of High Street (above) and Palmerston Street; Water Street, its fantastic hanging baskets and window boxes in the summer, the old school building, the river tunnel (really!), these latter three streets forming the Historic Triangle; Pool Bank - more interesting in the past, when it was really a pool, rather than the unattractive looking carpark it is today; Beeston quarry with the old Oak Bank Mill chimney and the Lookout on top of its cliffs; Bridge End and its historic buildings; Queen Street, probably the oldest and most quaint streets in the town; the war memorial gardens; Rock Bank House; Limefields House; Beeston Brow.

The Macclesfield Canal aqueduct across Palmerston Street divides 'Old' Bollington from West Bollington.