What we do

  • Marple Civic Society

    We are a voluntary group who are proud of Marple and want to see it thrive. We believe that everyone in our community should have a voice in helping to shape the future of Marple.

    Join Us

  • Sustainable Future

    Creating an understanding of how we can achieve a sustainable future for our Town and its citizens is now at the heart of the Society`s activities.

    Sustainable Future

  • Excellence in Planning

    One of the most important activities of the Civic Society is to engage with the planning system as it formulates plans which affect our localities and as it takes decisions on planning applications

    Excellence in Planning

  • Promoting Heritage

    Heritage is the name we give to what we inherit from the past. Heritage is the memory of what has taken place, the things we did and the choices we made that appear in our present lives as traces of that past.

    Promoting Heritage

Keeping you Informed

All our recent newsletters are available here


  • Our next open meeting will be Wednesday 14th January. We'll be taking a look at the Greater Manchester Transport Strategy 2050 and what it means for Marple: 7.30pm upstairs at The Navigation, Stockport Road. More information on the strategy is here. (30/12/25)
  • The Get About Better sub-group have submitted a response to the proposal to widen the road at the bottom of Dan Bank. Details of the scheme and our response is here (29/12/25)
  • Thanks to our planning sub-group who helped us through the last open meeting about the Local Plan. Hopefully many of our members will have had a chance to respond to the consultation (now closed); you can see our response as a society here. The planning sub-group will continue to engage with the process as it develops and pass on updates through our newsletters. (29/12/25)
  • We have had the inaugural meeting of our group focussing on all forms of transport and travel in and around Marple and beyond. Look out for more news about our "Get About Better" group or get in touch if you'd like to join us. (7/11/25)
  • Following on from our succesful August open meeting on transport and travel, a paper on Marple Bus Services has been submitted to us by one of our members and is available here. (1/9/25)
  • Notes from the October Marple Area Committee are available here (7/11/25)
  • Notes from our discussion about volunteering, following our AGM, are available here (28/4/25)



Making Marple Better - Together


Everyone in Marple, residents young and old, businesses and community groups, can help to identify our challenges and offer ideas for tackling them. We believe that working together to adapt to the changing world is the way to create a healthier, happier and more sustainable community for ourselves and for future generations.


NEXT EVENTS

Our next open meeting will be Wednesday 14th January. We'll be taking a look at the Greater Manchester Transport Strategy 2050 and what it means for Marple: 7.30pm upstairs at The Navigation, Stockport Road. More information on the strategy is here.

Marple is a small town located on the River Goyt to the south east of Manchester, which is part of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester. The 'sense of place' and the kind of ‘future’ the Society would like to promote is not limited to the town of Marple but includes the surrounding areas of Marple Bridge, Ludworth, Mellor, Compstall, High Lane, Hawk Green and Strines.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Map courtesy of SMBC

USEFUL SITE LINKS

Use these website links to find our more about what's happening in Marple and national news about the civic movement.