Village and civil parish in Cheshire, England
Alderley Edge
Alderley Edge is a village and civil parish in Cheshire, England, 6 miles (10 km) north-west of Macclesfield and 12 miles (19 km) south of Manchester.
It lies at the base of a wooded sandstone escarpment, The Edge, overlooking the Cheshire Plain. As of the 2021 census, its population was 4,777.
How locals move
Getting around Alderley Edge the local way
- 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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