River Dean

The River Dean rises at Longclough[1] in Macclesfield Forest on the western edge of the Peak District foothills above the village of Rainow in north east Cheshire, England.

The river flows on to and passes through the village of Rainow, the town of Bollington, through the fields between Whiteley Green and Butley Town, Prestbury, on through the grounds of Adlington Hall, thence to Deanwater, Handforth, and finally it joins the River Bollin between Wilmslow and Styal.

Next to the road bridge in Rainow village can be seen the early twentieth century waterworks built by Bollington Urban District Council.

Shortly after passing Rainow the river flows north down the two mile long Ingersley Vale with Kerridge Hill to its western side.

This length supported many early watermills and is recognised as one of the earliest developments in the English Industrial Revolution on the western side of the Pennines.