Macclesfield is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, on the River Bollin and the edge of the Cheshire Plain, with Macclesfield Forest to its east, 16 miles (26 km) south of Manchester and 38 miles (61 km) east of Chester.
Skyline of Macclesfield with the railway station in the foreground, the spire of St Paul's Church in the background and townscape.
Macclesfield Town Hall
Macclesfield as viewed from the railway station
Armoury Towers
Cheshire East is a unitary authority area with borough status in Cheshire, England. The local authority is Cheshire East Council, which is based in the town of Sandbach. Other towns within the area include Crewe, Macclesfield, Congleton, Wilmslow, Nantwich, Poynton, Knutsford, Alsager, Bollington and Handforth.
Crewe, a historic railway town and the largest town in Cheshire East
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