Inside Neighbourly, the Bollington studio with Peak District views

Bollington is better known for its canal-side walks, its viaduct and the views up to White Nancy than for its recording studios. But inside Adelphi Mill on Grimshaw Lane, a state-of-the-art music hub is quietly putting the town on the map for artists and producers.

Neighbourly is a recording and production studio designed by musicians and purpose-built for both creativity and sound quality. It sits in a beautiful yet quiet part of North West England, overlooked by the rolling hills of Cheshire and the Peak District, offering the kind of calm, inspiring setting that is hard to find in a city-centre studio.

The facilities are impressive. The studio is made up of four independent control rooms, all tied into a large, airy central live room with high ceilings, ideal for capturing bands playing together or the natural sound of acoustic instruments. The main control room is built around an SSL Duality console, supported by a range of professional outboard equipment.

That layout allows Neighbourly to offer a full suite of services under one roof, from recording to mixing and mastering, production and songwriting. Several projects can run at once in the different rooms, making it a genuine creative hub rather than a single-room facility.

The studio is also listed by Miloco, the international studio network that represents some of the best-known recording spaces in the world, which helps bring visiting artists and producers to this corner of East Cheshire.

There is a pleasing sense of history to the location, too. Adelphi Mill is one of the reminders of Bollington's textile past, and the old mill buildings have found new life as homes for businesses and creative enterprises. A recording studio is a fitting addition, bringing a new kind of industry to the town.

For Cheshire musicians and producers, having a professional facility of this calibre right on the doorstep, rather than a trip into Manchester or London, is a real asset, and for visiting artists, the surrounding hills make an inspiring backdrop for a session.

Neighbourly is at Adelphi Mill, Grimshaw Lane, Bollington, Macclesfield. Enquiries can be made via neighbourlymusic.com.