Chartered Surveyors Macclesfield Cheshire

Approximate Population: 50,688

Macclesfield is located in the east of Cheshire, on the River Bollin, a tributary of the River Mersey. It is close to the county borders of Greater Manchester, (to the north), Derbyshire, (to the east) and Staffordshire, (to the south).

It is near the towns of Stockport, (to the north), Buxton, (to the east), and Congleton, (to the south). It is 30 miles, (45 km), to the east of Chester, the county town of Cheshire. To the west of the town lies the Cheshire Plain.

Macclesfield is most famous for its once thriving silk industry, commemorated in the local Silk Museum. Although “Silk Town” seems to be the preferred nickname these days, Macclesfield’s traditional local nickname is “Treacle Town”—supposedly from an incident where a merchant spilt a load of treacle on Hibel Road, and the poor rushed out to scoop it off the cobbles.

It is the home to furniture store Arighi Bianchi, a local football club Macclesfield Town, one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies AstraZeneca, and The King’s School, Macclesfield which dates from the 16th century. The fine Georgian Town Hall was designed by Francis Goodwin in 1823. Present day industries include: pharmaceuticals, textiles, light engineering, paper and plastics.

Chartered Surveyors Macclesfield Cheshire