Alderley Edge is a village and civil parish within the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 4,409.
Alderley Edge lies some 5 miles (8 km) to the northwest of Macclesfield and 12 miles (19 km) south of Manchester. It is situated at the base of a steep and thickly wooded sandstone ridge - the Edge, which is the area's chief topographical featur...
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Alderley Edge is a village and civil parish within the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 4,409.
Alderley Edge lies some 5 miles (8 km) to the northwest of Macclesfield and 12 miles (19 km) south of Manchester. It is situated at the base of a steep and thickly wooded sandstone ridge - the Edge, which is the area's chief topographical feature. The Edge overlooks the Cheshire Plain.
Alderley Edge is famous for its perceived affluence, celebrities and expensive houses.
The area around Alderley Edge provides proof of occupation since the Mesolithic period with flint implements being found along the line of the sandstone outcrop. Evidence for copper mining in the Bronze Age has also been discovered to the south of the area, and in 1995 members of the Derbyshire Caving Club discovered a hoard of 564 Roman coins (now in the Manchester Museum) dating from AD 317 to AD 336. There are to...
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