'''Wildboarclough''' is a village in east [[Cheshire]], [[England]], in the [[civil parish]] of [[Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough]] within the [[Peak District National Park]]. It is famed as being the place where the last wild [[boar]] in [[England]] was killed. However this is a myth.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bilsborough |first=Norman |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=The Treasures of Cheshire |year=1983 |publisher=The North West Civic Trust |location=Manchester |isbn=0-901347-35-3 }}</ref> Bilsborough states that the name arises from the rapid rise in levels of the Clough Brook after a heavy fall of rain, but Mills<ref>{{cite book |last=Mills |first=A D |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Dictionary of English Place-Names (2nd ed) |year=1997 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=0-19-280074-4 }}</ref> gives it as a deep valley (i.e. a clough) frequented by wild boar.
From the nearby summit of [[Shutlingsloe]] (altitude 506 metres), which lies just to the north-west of the village, a wide panorama of the [[Cheshire Plain]] and the Peak District can be obtained. In clear conditions the view extends as far as the [[Mersey Estuary]] and the Welsh [[Clwydian Hills]] 40 miles to the west, and the cooling towers of the power stations on the banks of the [[River Trent]] 50 miles to the east. Nearby is the hamlet of [[Saltersford]].
