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Bollington Town Hall

Councillors | Annual Boundary walk

Town Hall, Wellington Road, Bollington, Macclesfield SK10 5JR

Town Clerk: Roger Johnson
Tel: 01625-572985
Fax: 01625-572256
email

Responsible Financial Officer: Jennifer Brockbank
Town Mayor's Secretary & Events Organiser: Lynda Heathcote
Town Hall Assistant: Andrea Paterson

Opening times

Day

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

Time

9.30 - 12.30
9.30 - 12.30
9.30 - 12.30
9.30 - 12.30
9.30 - 12.30

Council meetings are held at 7.30pm on the Tuesday following the 1st Monday of every month except August. A budget setting meeting is held on the Tuesday following the 2nd Monday of January each year. Members of the public are welcome to attend all council meetings. A Town Assembly is held at the Civic Hall each year on the Tuesday following the 3rd Monday in March.

Rooms at the Town Hall can be hired - please call for details. Also see the index of community buildings suitable for meetings, events, etc.

Death of long serving Town Clerk, Claude Harlington.

Bollington Information Centre

At the 'Bridgend' Centre - details below.

Leaflets on a variety of local interests are available including Footpaths of Bollington, Historical note of Bollington, Postcards, Map & Street Index of Bollington and 'Welcome to Bollington' which gives a list of the main services in the town. Drop in and help yourself!

Bollington Civic Hall

The future of the Civic Hall is presently under consideration and Council decisions are awaited.

Hurst Lane/Palmerston Street, Bollington, Macclesfield SK10 5JX
(above the Library)
Caretaker: Mr. Jim Woolley
Tel: 01625-572946

The hall can be hired for meetings, performances, parties, weddings, dances, etc.

Bollington Library

Hurst Lane/Palmerston Street, Bollington, Macclesfield SK10 5JX
Tel/fax: 01625-573058
email

Senior Library Assistant: Alison

Click for Opening times

Internet service is available - first hour free!

They have an excellent collection of local studies documents; ideal for looking into the history of Bollington, its mills and cotton industry, and the families that made the town what it is today.

Virtual library - a complete online catalogue of more than a million books, CDs and videos held in 38 Cheshire libraries including Macclesfield. Registered users can also see their loans to check when items are due back. An online renewals and reservations service has also been provided. The library service is provided by Cheshire County Council.

The Methodist church in Bollington celebrates its 200 year anniversary during 2008. An exhibition of the church's history is on display at the Library during normal opening hours.

Bollington Discovery Centre

Canal 5, Clarence Mill, Clarence Road, Bollington, Macclesfield SK10 5JZ
Tel: 01625-574888
email
web site

For up to date opening times please see the web site.

Bridgend Centre

... and ...
Bollington Information Centre

Bridgend, 104 Palmerston Street, Bollington, Macclesfield SK10 5PW
Tel: 01625-576311
email
web site

Community/Heritage Worker: Ann Mayer
Community/Education Worker: Cath Hockney
Community Support Workers: David Morgan, Trisha Hodgskiss

Open Monday-Thursday 10.00am - 4.30pm. Everyone welcome.

The Bridgend Centre is a Community Social Enterprise and Independent Registered Charity, using profits from trading activities to fund community services to people in Bollington, Macclesfield and surrounding areas.

Activities currently on offer at the Centre are:

Art for Pleasure, Bridge Club, Card Making Workshops, Creative Writing, Mums and Tots, Reading Circle and Yoga.

A moderate walk is led from the Centre on the 1st Wednesday of each Month and a short walk takes place on the 3rd Wednesday.

We also have a fully equipped Computer suite which is available as an internet café, for one-to-one tuition for beginners to computing and we offer online IT courses at very reasonable rates.

The IT suite is available for hire for corporate training and we also have meeting rooms for hire.

Internet café - come and send/receive your email here! Search the web at leisure; find those online deals, book your foreign trips, look for long lost friends and relatives - literally millions of uses!

Everyone is welcome to take part in one of the many activities - bingo, calligraphy, computing, drawing & painting, handicrafts, woodworking skills, poetry & reading groups, creative writing, sing-a-longs, snooker, cards, dominoes, demonstrations, films & talks, etc. - or just sit and chat and have a drink. Facilities for the disabled.

Bollington Community Association

Based at the Bridgend Centre.

Bollington Community Centre

Ovenhouse Lane, Bollington Cross, Macclesfield SK10 5EY

Chairperson: Pat Haddleton, Alderley View, Sugar Lane, Whiteley Green, Macclesfield SK10 5SL
Tel: 01625-575557
email
web page

Societies using the Centre include: Bollington Civic Society and the Horticultural Society. The Centre can be hired for meetings and private parties. Substantial modern kitchen available for catering purposes.

Ideal for ...

Family parties, weddings, christenings, children's parties, coming of age, anniversaries, workshops, training and seminars, business and social meetings, and lectures.

Community buildings

An index of community buildings suitable for meetings, events, etc.

Register office

Park Green, Macclesfield SK11 6TW

Superintendent Registrar: Liz O'Neil
Tel: 01625-423463

Monday to Friday 9.00am to 4.00pm for the registration of births, marriages and deaths.
Note that it is necessary to make an appointment to attend the Registrar.

Macclesfield Borough Council

Town Hall, Market Place, Macclesfield SK10 1DS

Tel: 01625-500500
Out of hours, all services: 01625-511495
web pages

Our Borough Councillors

Planning applications

Applications are available for inspection at the planning office at Macclesfield Town Hall and at Bollington Library. Limited information can also be found online on MBC's web pages. Please note that there is a strictly limited period during which comments can be made (in writing) and that all comments are made known to the applicant. If you call or visit the planning department you will need to know the planning reference number for the relevant application. This is given on the application papers and also where the application is listed in the Macclesfield Express in the Public Notices section of the Classified Directory.

Finding the page!
Finding the planning applications page is not particularly easy - once on the MBC home page click on Publications in the index on the left, then click on Planning again in the left column, then well down the list look for Planning Applications received and click. Now look for the document logo on the right hand side and click on it. It will provide the option to directly open the document or save it first, then open it.

Highway services

All road maintenance and street lighting is managed by Cheshire County Council.

However, there is a team at Macclesfield Borough Council who co-ordinate local activities.

Tel: 01625-504799

Waste Management

Tel: 01625-504777
Fax: 01625-504779
email

Macclesfield Borough Council are a partner in the Cheshire Household Waste Management Strategy which is designing and implementing ways to minimise, recycle and compost the maximum possible to cut down the amount of waste sent to landfill.

A newsletter, Partnership News, is available at the Library and this describes the principal aspects of the Strategy and gives an insight into the many schemes being implemented around the county.

Street Cleaning
For litter and street cleaning issues email to street cleaning.

Abandoned vehicles
Report abandoned vehicles by email to abandoned cars.

Dog Warden and fouling
Call 01625-504343 and ask for the Dog Warden.

Noise pollution
Call 01625-504777

Other useful Macclesfield Borough Council numbers:
Community Safety 01625-504230
Council Tax 01625-504810
Housing 01625-504456
Leisure & Well Being 01625-504222
Litter & Refuse 01625-504777
Pest Control 01625-504346

Cheshire County Council

County Hall, Chester CH1 3YZ
Information point: 0845 760 3456 (local call charge) 24hr service
web pages

Our County Councillors

County Council information centres

Macclesfield Library, Jordangate, Macclesfield SK10 1EE
Tel: 01625-534819

Bollington Library (see above).

Area Highway team

For all matters relating to road repairs and maintenance, and street lights, contact the Area Highway Team on 01625-504799, email

Cheshire East Council

This new unitary council is presently in shadow form and will take over from Macclesfield Borough Council and Cheshire County Council on 1st May 2009. The shadow councillors are noted elsewhere.

Ambulance

Emergencies only: 999 (or 112).

The ambulance service operates from Macclesfield and will normally take sick or injured persons to Macclesfield District General Hospital Accident & Emergency department in Victoria Road, Macclesfield.

Police

Emergencies only: 999 (or 112)

It is an emergency when ...

There is a danger to life

Violence is used or threatened

A serious crime (violent crime/burglary) is likely to occur or in progress

A suspect for a serious crime is nearby

There is a Road Traffic Collision involving personal injury or danger to other road users (you do not need to contact the police if there is no injury or danger)

A vulnerable person needs urgent assistance

These numbers can be dialled on your mobile phone even when the keypad is locked! Please do not call these numbers for anything other than an emergency. Non-emergency calls can cost lives by delaying genuine emergency calls.

Non-emergency calls: 0845 458 0000

It is not an emergency when ...

Non-emergency incidents such as discovering a burglary or theft when no offender is present

Information about a crime or criminal that could aid investigation

Please do not call the police for matters that should properly be attended by other agencies such as Social Services.

The nearest Police station is at Brunswick Street, Macclesfield SK10 1HQ (next to Macclesfield Library). However, this station, though open and manned, is no longer used for handling public phone calls or arrests. These services are centralised. All phone calls to Cheshire Constabulary are automatically routed to the Constabulary call centre at Winsford. Persons arrested in Bollington and district are normally taken to Middlewich and, when necessary, detained there.

Custody services

These are centralised at Middlewich with all arrested persons from the Macclesfield Division (Macclesfield, Bollington, Poynton, Prestbury, Wilmslow, Congleton, Knutsford and as far as Crewe) being taken there. If you need to collect someone from the suite go to Chelford roundabout, take the road to Holmes Chapel, follow the signs to Middlewich, on reaching the outskirts of Middlewich turn left at the first roundabout into Pochin Way, Middlewich, CW10 0GY. The custody suite is 0.4 of a mile on the right. It is 19 miles from Macclesfield and takes approximately 40 minutes.

The outer barrier will open automatically as you approach. Park on the left and walk to the pedestrian gate; ring the bell and wait to be asked who you are and what you want. If you are then admitted push the gate hard; it has a very strong spring on it! Press the bell button at the main entrance and wait for it to open. You will be met at the reception desk; just wait if it is unmanned (normal situation), someone will come out to you. The entire suite is under CCTV surveillance, they know that you are there!

Be aware that you might have to wait inside for a considerable time. Police enquiries can be lengthy. There are no catering facilities for visitors. There is a lavatory. Visitors can request to be let out in order to return later; go to the main door and press the bell button on the left. Ensure that the Custody Assistant who talks to you knows what you are planning on.

If you are wondering why your webmaster knows so much about the inside of the custody suite it is because I worked for the Police Authority for many years in a voluntary capacity. Well that's a relief.

Useful police contacts

Cheshire Constabulary web pages.

Crimestoppers: 0800 555 111 any time, anywhere.

Anti Terrorist hotline: 0800 789 321 any time, anywhere.

Use of mobile phones - each county and metropolitan area has its own emergency services and call handling centre. When you call 999 from a mobile phone the system will determine which area to route your call to by looking at the area number from which you are phoning. So, if you are in the 01625 area your call will go to Cheshire but if you are in the 0161 area it will go to Greater Manchester.

This is fine until you make a call from near (a mile or more) to the boundary of the telephone areas because you may actually be in, say, Cheshire but your phone thinks it is in Manchester. You will then be routed to the wrong emergency centre. If your phone displays the area code please check that it is showing the same area that you are physically in otherwise the operator will not be able to find your location and then confusion and delay can result. Explain that you have phoned from a mobile and may be calling the wrong centre. However, they are not able to transfer you to the correct call centre.

Hill tops can be problematic in this respect. I have stood on White Nancy, six miles from the 0161 area, and my phone has linked up with an 0161 mast. If this happens try turning round and it is possible your phone will connect with a different mast in the right area.

Bollington Community Action Team

The CAT team has been highly successful in reducing Bollington's crime level, particularly anti-social behaviour. They have held walkabouts (CATwalks), regular surgeries and public meetings (CAMs) since April 2004. The approach has been to employ one Police Officer, one Community Support Officer (CSO) and one Special Constable.

Call the CAT team on 0845 458 6371 (message box).

or email the team.

CATwalks

Community Action Team walks are held every few weeks and the public are invited to join the walk. The objective is to walk a section of the town noting the problem areas as we go. Public comment on the problems is used to weigh up the significance so that appropriate resources can be applied to the solutions. See the Home Watch page for details of the next CATwalk.

CAM meetings

Community Action Meetings are held three times per year, usually at St. John's School. See the Community Action Meeting page for meeting details. The meetings identify the key crime problems in the town and then the members of the community present vote for those problems they would like the police to concentrate on in the following period. The results from this targeted activity are reported to the next meeting. Other relevant presentations are given by police officers and MBC officers as appropriate.

Special Constables ...

... are volunteer officers who support the police on a part time basis. If you would like to know more about this important community service please contact the Head of the Neighbourhood Policing Unit at Macclesfield Police Station, 0845 458 0000.

Special Constables celebrated 175 years of service in October 2006!

Home Watch

Sometimes known as Neighbourhood Watch. There are many groups in Bollington each with their own coordinator. These are, in turn, organised by the Cheshire Police Homewatch Manager, Jane Thirsk.

If you would like to know if you live in a Home Watch area or would like to join your local group or start a group in your area then please contact Jane who will advise you.

One of the best ways of reducing neighbourhood crime is to set up a Home Watch area - have a look at the pages devoted to this important subject.

Jane Thirsk, Cheshire Police Home Watch Manager
Wilmslow Police Station, Hawthorn Street, Wilmslow SK9 5HQ
Tel: 01244-613645
email

Have Your Say!

Have Your Say meetings are held quarterly, organised and chaired by the Cheshire Police Authority, each of the four meetings in the year being held in a different town, Macclesfield (January), Knutsford (April), Poynton (July) and Wilmslow (October). Meetings for which dates have been published:

21 April 2008 at 7pm, Civic Centre, Toft Road, Knutsford
07 July 2008 at 7pm, Royal British Legion, Georges Road West, Poynton
13 October 2008 at 7pm, Royal British Legion, Grove Road, Wilmslow
12 January 2009 at 7pm, Methodist Church Hall, off King Edward Street, Macclesfield

The public, wherever they live in the eastern part of the Macclesfield Division, are encouraged to attend all these meetings. After various reports on current policing matters have been presented there is always an opportunity for members of the public to ask questions of members of the Police Authority and the senior Police Officers and local officers present on any policing issue. Further information can be obtained from Martin Eaton, Cheshire Police Authority, 01244-614005.

Security Watch

The terrorist threat demands constant vigilance and the public can play an important part in this. Please look at this special page.

Stay out of trouble online!

Useful advice for avoiding the scams and crooks who try to use the internet to steal from us together with some basic PC security guidance.

In Case of Emergency!

East Anglian Ambulance Service have launched a national "In Case of Emergency (ICE)" campaign with the support of Falklands war hero Simon Weston.

The idea is that you store the word "ICE" in your mobile phone address book, and against it enter the number of the person you would want to be contacted "In Case of Emergency". In an emergency situation ambulance and hospital staff will then be able to quickly find out who your next of kin are and be able to contact them. It's so simple - everyone can do it. So please do it now! It really could save your life!

Fire & Rescue Service

Emergencies only: 999 (or 112)

Bollington has a 'retained' fire service based in Albert Road and so the station is not continuously manned, nor even during business hours.
web page

Cheshire Fire & Rescue Service can provide Home Fire Safety Checks including survey and installation of smoke alarms, all free of charge. For further advice call 0800 389 0053.

Busses

Regular bus services ply between Macclesfield, Bollington and Kerridge. Further services run between Macclesfield and Stockport via Bollington. Service information and timetables are available from:

Cheshire Bus Hotline
Tel: 01625-534850

One of the main bus service providers locally is Arriva:

Arriva - North Midlands
Tel: 0845 601 2491
web page

Bollington busses and bus stops have been upgraded to enable push chairs and wheel chairs to get on and off without difficulty.

Manchester International Airport

It is not possible to maintain a list of the dozens of contact numbers here. Please refer to the Manchester Airport pages in your telephone directory.
web pages

Trains

Train services are available at Macclesfield (inter city), Prestbury and Adlington. These stations provide direct access to Stockport and Manchester Piccadilly to the north and Stoke on Trent, Birmingham and London Euston to the south. Bollington no longer has its own rail station - the track bed is today the Middlewood Way.

National rail enquiry service
Tel: 08457 48 49 50

The Train Line - railway timetable internet pages.

Bank

NatWest Bank, Ashbrook Road, Bollington, Macclesfield SK10 5..
Counter service only, no cash machine (see below for information on cash points)
Tel: 01625-615830
(Account administration centre) 0845 601 2288

This and other banks have branches in Macclesfield.

Cash points

There are two ATM cash points in the town:

The Late Shop, on the corner of Albert Road SK10 5HS and Wellington Road, open late (no charge);
The Cock & Pheasant Inn at Bollington Cross, during opening hours (a charge is made for this service);
Cash can also be drawn from some accounts at both the Post Offices in Bollington.

Cash can be drawn from most accounts at the ATMs outside the entrance to the Tesco store at Hibel Road, Macclesfield, available 24hrs, 7 days a week. The supermarkets and some other shops provide a cash-back service.