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White Nancy – Adelphi Mill loop from Bollington

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White Nancy – Adelphi Mill loop from Bollington

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White Nancy – Adelphi Mill loop from Bollington

02:25

8.67km

160m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 17, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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189 m

Bollington Recreation Ground

Highlight • Parking

Lovely and relaxing. During the summer there’s often cricket on at the weekend and an ice-cream van. Space to park opposite next to the skate park.

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398 m

Hole in the Wall Heritage Steps

Highlight • Historical Site

Historic steps built at the same time as the Macclesfield Canal in 1830

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532 m

Bollington War Memorial

Highlight • Historical Site

warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/183573

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1.94 km

White Nancy is a famous landmark on Kerridge Hill which is visible for miles around. The Grade II-listed structure was built in 1815 as a summer house for the Gaskell family, who lived below the hill at Ingersley Hall. It is thought that it was built to commemorate the Battle of Waterloo. White Nancy affords fine views of the mill town of Bollington, a place famous for spinning and weaving in days gone by.

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7.50 km

Adelphi Mill

Highlight • Monument

Adelphi Mill in Bollington was constructed in 1856 by brothers George and Martin Swindells, expanding on their father's existing cotton mill business, Clarence Mill. Initially spun cotton, the mill later transitioned to silk and then man-made fibers. It closed in 1975, and now houses a variety of businesses, accessible from Grimshaw Lane.

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7.51 km

Macclesfield Canal, Bollington Wharf

Highlight • Trail

This is a lovely, beautiful walk along the Macclesfield Canal in Bolington. Here in Bollington Wharf you can see colourful canal barges moored up, walk along a good footpath, and enjoy many access points to the canal from the town. Bollington is nestled in the western foothills of the Pennine range and is a great place to visit in its own scenic right, being bordered by the hills of the Peak District.

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8.25 km

Birthplace of Sir Terence Hardy Waite

Highlight • Other

One famous Bollingtonian Terry Waite was born at No.60 Wellington Road, opposite the Waterhouse.

Waite was the Assistant for Anglican Communion Affairs for the then Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie, in the 1980s. As an envoy for the Church of England, he travelled to Lebanon to try to secure the release of four hostages, including the journalist John McCarthy. He was himself kidnapped and held captive from 1987 to 1991.
After his release he wrote Taken on Trust (1994), a memoir about his experiences, and became involved in humanitarian causes and charitable work.

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8.25 km

The Waterhouse (Former Oliver Family Home)

Highlight • Monument

In the 1950s a place had been desperately needed for Bollington's disabled children and the mill's gatehouse subsequently housed the Bollington Spastic Clinic.

It was a daunting task but one that Bollington took to its heart. Within weeks, Mr. lan Oliver of the Mill offered us the brand-new nursery that had been built for his employers' children, as they preferred to stay in the building already in use. Slowly the children thrived and everyone, even though some were terribly disabled, blossomed in the love and care they received.' The Waterhouse Mill was demolished in 1962 but The Waterhouse, home of the Oliver family and now the Bollington Medical Centre.

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8.67 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.32 km

1.11 km

1.09 km

1.00 km

152 m

Surfaces

5.41 km

1.79 km

847 m

278 m

277 m

Elevation

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Highest point (280 m)

Lowest point (140 m)

Weather

Thursday 2 July

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9°C

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White Nancy – Adelphi Mill loop from Bollington

Bollington Recreation Ground

Hole in the Wall Heritage Steps

Bollington War Memorial

White Nancy

Adelphi Mill

Macclesfield Canal, Bollington Wharf

Birthplace of Sir Terence Hardy Waite

The Waterhouse (Former Oliver Family Home)

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