soap Coronation Street, was once the landlady of Whaley Bridge's Cock Inn. Ruth George, politician. Michael Heathcote, Groom of the Pantry and Yeoman of the Mouth (food taster) to King George III. Brian Jackson, cricketer who played for Derbyshire CCC, still lives in the town and is Chairman of the local volunteer centre. 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. Literary references Whaley Bridge features in the novel The Manchester Man (1876) by Isabella Banks. The fictional Coronation Street character Minnie Caldwell retired to become a housekeeper in Whaley Bridge in 1976. In the travel section of The Sunday Telegraph, Tony Robinson writes of the Manchester to Derby journey "It is not a trip to do all in one go; stop off at the dramatic little town of Whaley Bridge and have a stroll around the historic Peak Forest Canal Basin". See also Listed buildings in Whaley Bridge References External links Whaley Bridge History Website Whaley Bridge Photographs Website Towns in Derbyshire Towns and villages of the Peak District Civil parishes in Derbyshire High Peak, Derbyshire