Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough

Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough is a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.[1] It lies on the western fringe of the Peak District National park. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 189.[2]

Macclesfield Forest
and Wildboarclough

Clough House in Wildboarclough
Macclesfield Forest
and Wildboarclough
Location within Cheshire
Population189 (2011)
OS grid referenceSJ977707
Civil parish
  • Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMACCLESFIELD
Postcode districtSK11
Dialling code01260
PoliceCheshire
FireCheshire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament

The parish is small, so there is no parish council; instead, the residents hold a periodic Parish meeting.[1] The area consists mainly of reservoirs, woodland, farmland, and moorland. There are no centres of population, only a few villages and hamlets, most notably Wildboarclough and Langley.

See also

Notes and references

  1. Macclesfield Borough Council. "Parish Clerks". Macclesfield Borough Council. Archived from the original on 11 April 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2007.
  2. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 13 March 2016.


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