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On Church Lane, in Alderley Edge & Chelford
What it's like at SK9 7UZ: every home that has sold on Church Lane since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Church Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
| Old Telephone Exchange, Church LaneDetached · company-owned | Jan 2014 | £430,000 | 144 m² | £2,986/m² | 1 |
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From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 51% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Alderley Edge, a few minutes' walk (200 m), with 244k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Manchester Piccadilly.
The nearest bus stop is Tower Garage, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 130); 4 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Alderley Edge Community Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Wilmslow High School, 2.1 km away; Attainment 8: 51.4 · 18.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Saint Ambrose College (9.8 km) and Altrincham Grammar School for Boys (11.3 km).
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Waitrose, 250 m away; Alderley Edge School for Girls (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Alderley Edge Medical Centre (450 m), with Cedrics Chemist the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Pascha is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Macclesfield District General Hospital, 8.1 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 48% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 62% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 14 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 15 restaurants and cafés, 7 pubs and bars.
Peppery Rose is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and La Capilla the nearest pub (300 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 50 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 107 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 42% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 139 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Alderley Edge Park, 200 m away; for exercise, Yoga on the Edge (500 m).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.2 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Manchester is 6.9 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 45% of households own their home outright.
47 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Alderley Edge County Primary School | II | 40 m |
| Church of St. Philip and St James | II* | 60 m |
| Alderley Edge War Memorial | II | 90 m |
| Former Queen's Hotel | II | 170 m |
| Tower Garage | II | 170 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Tatton constituency: Esther McVey MP (Conservative), since June 2017. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 1,136 (2.2%), turnout 68%. Vote shares: Conservative 38%, Labour 36%, Reform UK 12%, Liberal Democrat 9%.
14 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near SK9 7UZ →
It's an older community: 29% are 65 or over.
It's highly educated: 49% of adults have a degree.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.9% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 84.5% | 88.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 5.5% | 4.8% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 8.5% | 5.2% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.3% | 0.2% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
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Nearest: Wallasey · about 58 min
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 45 min
Nearest: East Lancashire Railway · about 39 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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