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Macclesfield
Town and civil parish in Cheshire, England

Macclesfield

Macclesfield is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East, Cheshire, England.

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It is sited on the River Bollin and the edge of the Cheshire Plain, with Macclesfield Forest to its east; the town lies 16 miles (26 km) south of Manchester and 38 miles (61 km) east of Chester.

Get in

Getting to Macclesfield

  1. 01
    Macclesfield Bus Station Macclesfield

    Most significantly to; Congleton, Sandbach & Crewe by service 38; Knutsford by service 87; Wilmslow by service 130; Buxton by service 58.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    The 108 Steps
  2. 02
    Macclesfield Cemetery
  3. 03
    St Michael and All Angels Church

    Market Place (in centre of town, next to Town Hall on Mill Street opposite Chestergate), stmichaelscoordinator@gmail.com.

  4. 04
    Silk Museum and Paradise Mill
  5. 05
    Old Sunday School

    Built in 1814 to provide a purpose-built school for over 2,000 local children, most of whom worked in the mills from the age of 6 onwards.

  6. 06
    King Edward Street Chapel

    A Grade II* listed building dating from the 17th century.

Do

Things to do

Watch football at

  1. 01
    Macclesfield FC

    Moss Rose Stadium, London Road SK11 7SP (on main A523 road 1 mile south of town centre), office@mtfc.co.uk.

  2. 02
    MADS
  3. 03
    Cinemac

    Macclesfield’s answer to the lack of a “proper” cinema.

  4. 04
    Pictures in the Park @ Park Tavern

    158 Park Lane (less than 10 minutes walk from town centre.).

  5. 05
    Riverside Park

    Macclesfield Riverside Park Visitor Centre, Beechwood Mews, Tytherington, (off Manchester Road/Beech Ln), bollin@cheshireeast.gov.uk.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Aquila Bacaro

    46 King Edward Street (SW corner of Westminster St intersection), info@aquilabacaro.co.uk.

  2. 02
    Cherry Blossom Bakery

    6 Church Street (20 m S of Churchside on E side of street), cakes@cbbakery.co.uk.

  3. 03
    Chestergate Bistro

    66 Chestergate (20 m W of Churchill Way on S side of street),.

  4. 04
    Maliwan

    47-49 Sunderland St (15 m S of Pickford St on W side of street),.

  5. 05
    The New Shalimar

    98–100 Chestergate (30 m E of Catherine St on S side),.

How locals move

Getting around Macclesfield the local way

  • Go nextAfter taking in the splendid scenery and trekking to your heart's content, either camping out overnight or staying in Buxton, you might want to continue on to Sheffield, another post-industrial Northern city with more to offer than that description suggests.

From Wikivoyage: Macclesfield, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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