Notable Residents
- Clive Beddall OBE, journalist, broadcaster and editor of The Grocer magazine, was born in Whaley Bridge.
- Abraham Bennet, scientist, was baptised in Taxal.
- Jack Bond, Lancashire and Nottinghamshire cricketer, was landlord of the Jodrell Arms.
- Betty Driver MBE, actress and author, most famous for her role as Betty Williams on the British soap Coronation Street, was once the landlady of Whaley Bridge's Cock Inn.
- Michael Heathcote, Groom of the Pantry and Yeoman of the Mouth (food taster) to King George III.
- William 'Bill' Jones, Liverpool and England footballer and Military Medal winner, was born in Whaley Bridge in 1921.
- Jennifer Pinches, British artistic gymnast, lives in Whaley Bridge.
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