Marple, Marple Bridge, Mellor, Compstall, Strines, Hawk Green, Rose Hill, High Lane.
Links to other web sites covering aspects of Marple and District.
Started in 1998 to provide useful information for local people and potential visitors and to contribute to the fantastic community spirit that abounds in this small canal town on the edge of the peaks.
Marple Civic Society is a registered charity that is concerned about all aspects of our town, surrounding villages and countryside.
Offers canal day trips for people with disabilities around the canals of North West England aboard the specially designed, wheelchair friendly, canal narrow boat 'New Horizons. '
The Trust was formed in 2000 following the discovery in 1998 of an Iron Age ditch in the garden of The Old Vicarage next to Mellor Church. Excavations continued to 2009 and have been described as the largest excavation for a generation of a hillfort in North West England "with results as important as those at Beeston Castle".
The facilities include picnic areas, the historic Chadkirk Chapel and walled garden, farmland that’s managed as a local nature reserve, a circular trail and Chadkirk Bridge, which provides links from Chadkirk Estate to more trails.
Bugsworth Canal Basin, the head of navigation of the Peak Forest Canal, was the largest and busiest inland port on Britain's narrow canal system and the only one to survive intact.
Over 300 historical maps spanning 200 years of Mancunian history have been digitised and published online by The University of Manchester Library. The collection of maps and plans of the city from the 18th century to the middle of the 20th century, mostly from the Library’s Special Collections, will be freely available, allowing users to zoom into street level.
The trust exists to preserve and make known the artistic heritage of St Martin’s church, a Church of England church in Marple, which lies within the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport in the Greater Manchester area.
