Poynton is a town in the civil parish of Poynton-with-Worth, in the Cheshire East district and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England; from 1974 to 2009 it was in Macclesfield district. It is located on the easternmost fringe of the Cheshire Plain, 11 miles (18 km) south-east of Manchester, 7 miles (11 km) north of Macclesfield and 5 miles (8 km) south of Stockport.
Poynton shared space town centre, remodelled in 2011
Cottages originally built for miners at the bottom of the Coppice in Poynton
Terraced housing on Bulkeley Road, Poynton
Manchester city centre, 11 miles (18 km) from Poynton
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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