Your Dentist in Rainow & Kerridge

If you live in Rainow or Kerridge, we are almost certainly your nearest dental practice: five minutes down the B5470, or a walk over the shoulder of the hill past White Nancy if you fancy earning your appointment. Bollington Dental Practice has been the village practice for this valley since 1977, independent and family-run then and now, and plenty of Rainow households have been with us for most of that time.

The practical bits

• Five minutes from Rainow, free parking right next to the practice
• Rated 5.0 on Google from more than 160 verified patient reviews
• Every price published on our fees page before you sit down
• Same-day emergency slots held daily where possible, at standard prices
• Online booking for new patients, any time of day

Everything you need, this side of the hill

Most of what a village needs from its dentist is the dependable core: examinations (£89 for new patients including any X-rays), hygiene appointments at £60 or £89, fillings from £95, and honest advice about what can wait and what should not. Our dental plan from £15.95 a month covers the year’s routine care with 15% off most treatment.

When you need more, nothing requires a trek: Philips Zoom whitening at £375 complete, ClearCorrect aligners from £2,499, crowns from £600, dentures from £625, root canal treatment from £305, and dental implants placed and restored here in Bollington, £180 consultation including 3D imaging, single implants from £3,000.

And when a filling falls out on a Friday morning, being five minutes away matters: call 01625 574609 early and we will do everything we can to see you the same day. Details on our emergency page.

What patients say

“I haven’t had to visit a dentist for many years as I wear dentures. However I needed some new dentures and as I live in Bollington, decided to get an appointment at my local surgery. I cannot praise the surgery enough.” Brian Moores, five-star Google review

“Ellie is a very gentle and thorough dentist explaining every stage and process as she goes along. Can’t fault her. Also Sarah on reception needs 5 stars as well.” Heather Gibbons, five-star Google review

“Staff are super friendly, clean and extremely professional. I feel safe and always reassured from start to finish.” Michelle Schofield, five-star Google review

All 160+ are on our testimonials page.

A practice for all ages

Village life runs on doing errands efficiently, and dentistry is no exception. Rainow households can book back-to-back family appointments with us, everyone seen one after another, so a single five-minute run down the B5470 covers toddlers, teenagers and parents alike. We treat all ages, and wherever possible we aim to offer NHS care for children free of charge.

Children who grow up between White Nancy and the valley floor deserve to grow up unafraid of the dentist, so their earliest appointments are kept light and cheerful: a look, a chat, a go in the chair, praise all round. Familiarity does the heavy lifting long before any real dentistry is needed. If yours has never been, our guide to a child’s first visit tells you how to set it up for success.

While the children are with us, they learn to brush properly, and parents get unvarnished answers about sugar, snacking and fluoride. A generation of Rainow and Kerridge children with no fillings would suit us fine. And because we see every stage of life, the dentist who counts your toddler’s first teeth may one day be checking their own children’s, which is exactly how a village practice is supposed to work.

Your neighbours as well as your dentists

A practice five minutes from Rainow could hardly avoid being woven into village life, and after nearly half a century we would not want it any other way. David King founded the practice in 1977, Heather Belfield carried it forward, and it is now led by principal dentist Dr Ellie Burrows, still independent, still family-run, still answering to patients rather than shareholders.

Clinically, it is a deeper team than the setting might suggest: five dentists, two hygienists and a dental therapist, all registered with the GDC. Whatever your mouth needs, from a check-up to a complete rebuild, it can almost always be done here in the valley rather than through a referral elsewhere. Many of the team live locally, so do not be surprised if the hygienist knows your lane or your dentist has walked past White Nancy more times than you have.

You will spot our name around the area too, on the shirts of Macclesfield FC, the children’s teams at Bollington United FC and Bollington Cricket Club, all of which we sponsor with some pride. Supporting the clubs that Rainow and Kerridge families play for is simply part of being the local practice. Nearly fifty years in one spot builds a particular kind of accountability: our patients are also the people we queue behind at the shop, and that keeps standards honest in a way no corporate audit ever could.

No judgement, whatever the gap

Every village has people quietly carrying a decade or more since their last dental visit, and Rainow is no different. If that is you, the door five minutes down the hill opens without a lecture behind it. We see the state of the teeth, not the story behind them, and the first appointment is about mapping the road ahead, never rehashing the road behind.

Fear of what the dentist will find keeps many people away far longer than the original problem ever would have, which is a shame, because even badly worn or damaged mouths can usually be restored step by step. Have a look at what can be done for neglected teeth and you may find the situation is less final than you assumed. The £89 new patient examination then tells you exactly where things stand, and standing on facts is invariably calmer than standing on fears. From there, anything that needs doing is prioritised sensibly, and anything that can wait is allowed to.

Already registered somewhere further afield and tired of the travelling? Records transfer is simple. One consent form and we gather your notes and X-rays from your old practice ourselves, leaving you nothing to do but turn up. Quite a few Rainow patients made exactly this move once they realised the nearest practice was also, by some distance, the most convenient one, and the only regret we hear is that they did not do it sooner.

For patients who dread the dentist

Living five minutes away does not make the front door any easier to walk through when dental fear has its grip on you. We understand that, and we treat it seriously rather than briskly. Anxious patients get unhurried appointments with generous time built in, so nothing is squeezed and nobody is rushed towards a chair before they are ready.

The deal we make is this: you will never be surprised. Each step is explained before it is taken, you can ask for as much warning and detail as you like, and the moment you signal a pause, everything waits for you. You remain in control of the appointment from the first minute to the last, and treatment happens at the speed of your confidence, not our diary. If the first visit needs to be nothing more than sitting in the chair and talking, then that is what the first visit will be, and it will still count as progress, because it is.

It works, and not just in our opinion. Among our many five-star reviews on Google are patient after patient who describe former dread giving way to something close to ease. Some of those reviewers walk here over the shoulder of Kerridge. Tell us about your nerves when you book, and we will take it from there.

Straightforward fees

Our approach to money is the same as our approach to teeth: nothing hidden. The full price list is on the fees page for you to read before you so much as reach for the phone, so every cost is known before you sit down. After an examination, anything we propose comes as a written plan with the exact price of each item, agreed with you before treatment is booked, and the figure never grows in the dark.

For steady, year-round care, the dental plan costs £15.95 a month and includes an annual examination with mouth cancer screening, two hygiene visits a year, routine X-rays, 15% off most treatments and worldwide dental emergency cover. For a village household five minutes away, it turns dentistry into a small predictable standing order rather than an occasional shock. Plan members also tend to keep their appointments, and kept appointments are how expensive dentistry is avoided in the first place; the cycle feeds itself in the best possible way.

New patients should know one rule: hygiene appointments require an examination with us within the last year. Book the examination first, and the hygiene visits slot in easily from then on, usually paired neatly with other trips down the hill.

The shape of a first examination

From Rainow the whole thing is wonderfully undramatic: down the B5470, into the free parking beside the practice, and in the door with the journey barely begun. We open with your medical history, because safe dentistry starts with knowing your health, your medicines and your past experiences in the chair.

Then your dentist examines everything properly. Each tooth, each old filling and crown, X-rays wherever they are needed, a careful check of your gum health, and a mouth cancer screening included as a matter of course. It is unhurried and methodical, and by the end there will be nothing about your mouth that you know less about than we do.

The finish is a conversation, not a sales pitch. Findings are explained plainly, and if treatment would genuinely help, you take away a written plan with the exact price alongside every item. Nothing proceeds until you have agreed to it, and there is no awkwardness if you want to go home past Kerridge and think it over. The examination, including any X-rays taken, costs £89.

Practicalities are minimal: allow around an hour, bring a note of your medicines, and come as you are. If you keep the details of a previous dentist, hand them over and we will chase your records so your history arrives before any treatment is planned. That is genuinely the whole of it.

A last word on preparation, because villagers like to arrive ready. If you wear a denture, use a sports mouthguard or sleep with a night splint, bring it along, since checking how it fits and how it is wearing is part of looking after the whole mouth. A written list of questions earns its place too, because even a five-minute journey is long enough to forget the thing you meant to ask. And bring your diary, or the phone that holds it, so any follow-up can be booked before you leave rather than left to good intentions. None of this is compulsory, but each bit makes the appointment work harder for you, and it means the walk back up towards Kerridge can be taken with everything settled.

Every price, one place: our treatment cost checker covers the lot, from a hygiene visit to an implant, with honest notes on what affects the final figure.

Frequently asked questions

Are you taking on new patients from Rainow and Kerridge?

Yes, new private patients are very welcome. Book your £89 new patient examination online with Dr Ellie Burrows, or call reception. We cannot take on new NHS adults at present; see your NHS options.

Can I get there without a car?

Yes. Bollington has regular buses from Macclesfield, and on a fine day the walk over from Kerridge past White Nancy takes about twenty minutes and beats any waiting room.

Do you look after children?

Yes, all ages, and wherever possible we aim to offer NHS care for children free of charge. Bringing the family together in one visit is the village way, and we are happy to arrange it.

Where are you exactly?

19 Bollington Road, Bollington, Macclesfield SK10 5EJ, on the main road through Bollington with free parking adjacent. From Rainow, follow the B5470 down the hill; five minutes by car.

Book today

Book your first examination online, call 01625 574609, or email reception@bollingtondental.co.uk. We also serve Bollington, Whaley Bridge, Prestbury and the wider SK10 area.