The Bridgewater Canal runs through the western side and Dunham Park lies to the north east.

The village is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) west of Altrincham, near the boundary with Greater Manchester, which here follows the River Bollin.

[4] According to the Domesday survey in 1086, the manor of Little Bollington was held by the Saxon thegn Aelfward and later by the Norman Hamon de Mascy.

[9] The area was flooded overnight on New Year’s Eve 2024 when the Bridgewater Canal was breached following heavy rain.

Of those aged 16–74 in Little Bollington, 48.0% had no academic qualifications or one GCSE, similar to the figures for all of the former Borough of Macclesfield (35.6%) and England (45.5%).