Over Alderley
Over Alderley is a civil parish in Cheshire, England.
Over Alderley is a civil parish in Cheshire, England. It had a population of 318 at the 2011 Census.
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Worth seeing in and around Over Alderley
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01St Peter's Church, Prestbury
St Peter's Church is the parish church of Prestbury, Cheshire, England. It is probably the fourth church on the site.
3 km · church in Prestbury, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02St Thomas' Church, Henbury
St Thomas' Church is in Church Lane in the village of Henbury, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Macclesfield, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Chester.
2.9 km · church in Henbury, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Henbury Hall, Cheshire
Henbury Hall is a country house about 1 mile southwest of the village of Henbury in Cheshire, England. The present house was built during the 1980s in New Classical style.
3.4 km · Grade II listed building in Henbury, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04St Catherine's Church, Over Alderley
St Catherine's Church, Over Alderley, also known as St Catherine's Church, Birtles, stands in an isolated position in Birtles Lane, near to Birtles Hall, in the civil parish of Over Alderley, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
1.8 km · church in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05St Mary's Church, Nether Alderley
St Mary's Church is an Anglican church at the end of a lane to the south of the village of Nether Alderley, Cheshire, England. It dates from the 14th century, with later additions and a major restoration in the late-19th century.
2.9 km · church in Nether Alderley, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Geology of Alderley Edge
One of the classic locations for the study of Triassic sandstones in the UK is at Alderley Edge in Cheshire. Numerous scientists from the early 19th century up to the present day have studied the area and it is a popular field site for universities around the UK. The sandstones also provide important insights into the nature of continental natural gas and petroleum reservoirs.
1.9 km · geology of Alderley Edge, a hill in Cheshire, UK · Wikipedia - 07St Philip's Church, Alderley Edge
St Philip's Church is in the village of Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
3.7 km · church in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Hare Hill
Hare Hill Hall is a country house and a garden in the parish of Over Alderley, Cheshire, England. The house and grounds are privately owned, and the separate nearby garden is in the care of the National Trust.
500 m · grade II listed English country house in Over Alderley, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Mottram Hall
Mottram Hall is a former country house to the northeast of the village of Mottram St. Andrew, Cheshire, England.
3.4 km · Grade II* listed house in the parish of Mottram St Andrew, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Alderley Old Hall
Alderley Old Hall is the remaining part of a former 17th-century manor house near the village of Nether Alderley, Cheshire, England. It stands adjacent to the mill pond of Nether Alderley Mill, a loop of which acts as a moat.
2.7 km · manor house in Nether Alderley, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Over Alderley
- Airports
- Manchester (MAN), 9 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 44 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 74 km
- Stations
- Alderley Edge railway station, 3.6 km · Prestbury railway station, 3.5 km
- Liverpool → Over Alderley53 km · quickest by road, 1h 26m · £6–8
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Over Alderley72 km · quickest by road, 1h 49m · £9–12
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Over Alderley79 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · £9–12
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Over Alderley
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Over Alderley. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextAfter taking in the splendid scenery and trekking to your heart's content, either camping out overnight or staying in Buxton, you might want to continue on to Sheffield, another post-industrial Northern city with more to offer than that description suggests.
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Next door to Over Alderley
Over Alderley is 22 km from Manchester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Prestburyvillage and civil parish in Cheshire East, England3.5 km
- Alderley Edgevillage and civil parish in Cheshire East, UK3.4 km
- Mottram St Andrewvillage and civil parish in Cheshire East, UK2.1 km
- Nether Alderleyvillage and civil parish in Cheshire East, England2.8 km
- Dean Greenhamlet in Cheshire, England, UK3.5 km
- Gatley Greenvillage in Cheshire, England, UK3.5 km