Rainow
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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. It straddles the eastern side of the Peak District border of Derbyshire and Cheshire, and is surrounded by pasture farmland. The Peak District Boundary Walk runs past the village. The village's name comes from the Old English hræfn + hōh, meaning "hill-spur frequented by ravens". It is a former mill village and has a population of around 2,500.
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- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Rainow
- UK place.population
- 2,505
- UK place.civil_parish
- Rainow
- UK place.map_type
- Cheshire
- UK place.static_image_name
- Rainow.JPG
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Rainow from the west
- UK place.unitary_england
- Cheshire East
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Cheshire
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Macclesfield
- UK place.post_town
- MACCLESFIELD
- UK place.postcode_district
- SK10
- UK place.postcode_area
- SK
- UK place.dial_code
- 01625
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SJ950761
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- Population
- 1250
- Official website
- www.rainowvillage.co.uk
- Image
- Rainow.JPG
- Dialing code
- 01625
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- Rainow
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- SJ950761
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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. It straddles the eastern side of the Peak District border of Derbyshire and Cheshire, and is surrounded by pasture farmland. The Peak District Boundary Walk runs past the village. The village's name comes from the Old English hræfn + hōh, meaning "hill-spur frequented by ravens". It is a former mill village and has a population of around 2,500.
To the east of the village is Lamaload Reservoir, the first concrete reservoir constructed in England, between 1958 and 1964. At , it is also the highest constructed dam in England.
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