In the Middle Ages, it was part of the Earl of Chester's manor of Macclesfield and the ancient parish of Prestbury.

Rising above the town on Kerridge Hill is White Nancy, a monument built to commemorate the Battle of Waterloo.

Waterhouse mill, now demolished, off Wellington Road, once spun the finest cotton in the world, and was sought after by lace makers in Nottingham and in Brussels, Belgium.

In the 1830s and 1840s this mill was rented to Thomas Oliver and Martin Swindells for the production of fine cotton thread for the lace-making industry.

[4] The town falls within the Westminster constituency of Macclesfield, which is currently represented by the Labour Party MP Tim Roca.

[5] Bollington was historically a township in the ancient parish of Prestbury, which formed part of the Macclesfield Hundred of Cheshire.

In 1866, the legal definition of 'parish' was changed to be the areas used for administering the poor laws, and so Bollington became a civil parish.

The town has a small yet thriving local retail community, with two bakers, two butchers, a delicatessen, a newsagent, a florist, a Co-op and a Tesco convenience stores.

The town has several notable take-aways, restaurants, wine bars, and coffee shops, along with a around ten traditional public houses.

[citation needed] Bollington is notable for White Nancy, a stone folly located on top of Kerridge Hill.

At c.6m high and painted white, this 1817 monument to victory at the Battle of Waterloo is visible from as far away as Shropshire and the western hills of Cheshire.

It originally had an entrance to the interior where the visitor would find a single room with stone benches and a round table.

In December 2008 Canalside Radio began broadcasting to northeast Cheshire on 102.8 FM having obtained a full-time licence after five years of trying.

Hiking, cycling and riding through the hills around Bollington and along the Macclesfield Canal towpath as well as the Middlewood Way (a disused railway) are popular activities.

In September each year a ten-day Walking Festival promotes exercise and fresh air while taking in the beauty of the surrounding countryside, the western hills of the Peak District.

The Squadron had close links with 42(R) (formerly 236 OCU) of the Royal Air Force before the latter was disbanded in the government defence review in 2010.

The stretch from Marple Junction on the Peak Forest Canal to Bosley is without locks and is carried on an embankment through Bollington.

Kerridge was the scene of a spectacular breach on 29 February 1912, where the water from Bosley to Bugsworth basin emptied through the town.

It covers a wide range of issues of local interest, from historical articles, to matters of current concern.

The magazine is delivered free to every household and business in Bollington, plus others in Pott Shrigley and Whiteley Green by almost fifty volunteers.

The magazine was started in 1994 by a group of residents who felt that whilst Bollington was served by the neighbouring Macclesfield newspapers, it was in need of a Bollington-centred publication.