Kerridge is a village in the civil parish of Bollington, in the Cheshire East district, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. Kerridge borders the neighbouring parish of Rainow.
It gives its name to Kerridge Hill – one of the western foothills of the Pennines – by which it stands. It is overlooked by the local landmark of White Nancy. The local industries were and , of which remnants remain.
On 29 February 1912, the Macclesfield Canal at Kerridge burst its banks, flooding several nearby streets.
Kerridge became a civil parish in 1894, being formed from the Rural district part of Bollington, On 30 September 1900 the parish was abolished and merged with Bollington.
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