Congleton is a town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire , England , on the banks of the River Dane , to the west of the Macclesfield Canal and 21 miles south of Manchester .
Congleton is a town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire in England . 
 It lies on the banks of the River Dane , to the west of the Macclesfield Canal and 21 miles south of Manchester .