Rainow
Rainow is a village and civil parish in Cheshire, England, in the valley of the River Dean and next to the B5470 road between Macclesfield and Kettleshulme.Photo: Dave.Dunford, Public domain.
- Type: Hamlet with 1,240 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Cheshire East, England
- Also known as: “Rainow, Cheshire”
- Neighbors: Macclesfield
Places of Interest
Highlights include Holy Trinity Church, Rainow and White Nancy.
Holy Trinity Church, Rainow
Church
Photo: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holy Trinity Church is in the village of Rainow, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Macclesfield, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Chester.
White Nancy
Photo: Andrew Huggett, CC BY-SA 2.0.
White Nancy is a structure at the top of Kerridge Hill, overlooking Bollington, Cheshire, England. Since 1966 it has been recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
St John the Baptist’s Church, Bollington
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St John the Baptist's Church is a redundant Anglican parish church in Church Street, Bollington, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kerridge and Walker Barn.
Kerridge
Hamlet
Kerridge is a village in the civil parish of Bollington, in the Cheshire East district, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. Kerridge borders the neighbouring village and civil parish of Rainow.
Walker Barn
Hamlet
Photo: Dave Dunford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Walker Barn is a hamlet, which is situated 1½ miles south of Rainow.
Bollington
Town
Photo: padsbrother, CC BY 2.0.
Bollington is a town and civil parish in Cheshire, England, to the east of Prestbury. In the Middle Ages, it was part of the Earl of Chester's manor of Macclesfield and the ancient parish of Prestbury. Bollington is situated 1½ miles northwest of Rainow.
Rainow
- Categories: village, civil parish, and locality
- Location: Rainow, Cheshire East, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.28325° or 53° 16′ 60″ northLongitude
-2.07582° or 2° 4′ 33″ westPopulation
1,240Elevation
748 feet (228 metres)Open location code
9C5V7WMF+7MOpenStreetMap ID
node 271022378OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
2639688Wikidata ID
Q674502
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Rainow” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “رينو”
- Cebuano: “Rainow”
- Chinese: “Rainow”
- Dutch: “Rainow”
- Egyptian Arabic: “رينو”
- French: “Rainow”
- German: “Rainow”
- Irish: “Rainow”
- Italian: “Rainow”
- Japanese: “レイノー”
- Ladin: “Rainow”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Rainow”
- Persian: “رینو، چشر شرقی”
- Polish: “Rainow”
- Swedish: “Rainow”
- Turkish: “Rainow”
- Welsh: “Rainow”
- “Rainow”
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