Disley

Disley is a village in the county of Cheshire, in the north west of England, in the Goyt Valley, very close to the county boundary with Derbyshire at New Mills, and south of Stockport, Greater Manchester. It is in the borough of Macclesfield. Today it is a dormitory village retaining a semi-rural character.

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Properly "Disley, Newtown and Lyme Handley", Disley is in NE Cheshire, on the very edge of the Peak District.

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The River Goyt and Peak Forest Canal, which opened in 1800, pass through the village.

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