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Over Alderley

Over Alderley is a civil parish in Cheshire, England.

The place

Over Alderley is a civil parish in Cheshire, England. It had a population of 318 at the 2011 Census.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

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.

  1. 01
    St 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
  2. 02
    St 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
  3. 03
    Henbury 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
  4. 04
    St 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
  5. 05
    St 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
  6. 06
    Geology 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
  7. 07
    St 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
  8. 08
    Hare 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
  9. 09
    Mottram 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
  10. 10
    Alderley 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 Alderley
    53 km · quickest by road, 1h 26m · £6–8
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire → Over Alderley
    72 km · quickest by road, 1h 49m · £9–12
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → Over Alderley
    79 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · £9–12
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Not yet researched

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.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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.

From Wikivoyage: Macclesfield, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    289 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    295 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    318 km
  4. 04
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    354 km
  5. 05
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    379 km

If you know how people move in Over Alderley – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Over Alderley

Over Alderley is 22 km from Manchester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.