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Higher Hurdsfield | |
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Bridge number 33, Macclesfield Canal | |
Location within Cheshire | |
Population | 717 (2011) |
OS grid reference | SJ935749 |
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Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | MACCLESFIELD |
Postcode district | SK10 |
Dialling code | 01625 |
Police | Cheshire |
Fire | Cheshire |
Ambulance | North West |
UK Parliament | |
Higher Hurdsfield is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. Higher Hurdsfield Parish Council [1] is the lowest tier of government serving the residents. It has a population of around 300, increasing at the 2011 Census to 717, [2] and is situated on the eastern outskirts of Macclesfield, approximately 7 miles (11 km) from the border of Derbyshire and Cheshire. The nearest village is Rainow.
Hurdsfield Golf Club (now defunct) was founded in 1900. The club continued until the time of WW2. [3]
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Halton is a unitary authority district with borough status in Cheshire, North West England. It was created in 1974 as a district of the non-metropolitan county of Cheshire, and became a unitary authority area on 1 April 1998 under Halton Borough Council. Since 2014 it has been a member of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority. The borough consists of the towns of Runcorn and Widnes and the civil parishes of Daresbury, Hale, Halebank, Moore, Preston Brook, and Sandymoor. The district borders Merseyside, the Borough of Warrington and Cheshire West and Chester.
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