An odd subject for a web page you may think but if you are planning on visiting the
town it's a very important matter! Bollington has not been well endowed where the essential
facilities are concerned and there has been much criticism of the Town Council and Macclesfield
Borough Council for not improving matters. With a distance of over two miles from end to end
there is probably a case for two or even three.
Macclesfield Borough Council installed a PSL 'Superloo' at Pool Bank,
opposite the Spinners Arms pub - available 24 hours a day at a cost of 10p a go! The advantage
of this is that it is less likely to be subjected to vandalism, is accessible to the disabled
and will be automatically cleaned after every use.
Additional facilities are available:
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At Adlington Road car park; these are open only when the Ranger office is
manned which generally means during working hours (say 9.15am to 4.30pm);
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In the Recreation Ground; with access from Palmerston Street by the
aqueduct and opposite the Library, or from Adlington Road. These are usually only open
while games are being played on the cricket or football fields.
In the early 1970s there were a number of additional facilities, but
only for gentlemen! One was on Palmerston Street by the entrance to the Recreation Ground - a
couple of angled walls for modesty, a trough and a drain pipe that emptied straight into the
river Dean! Until more recently there was also a similar facility on the Recreation Ground. Alas,
that fell to the ravages of vandals.
* Loo - toilet, lavatory, john, bathroom
