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Alderley Edge

Alderley Edge is a town in Cheshire, England, with a population of around 4,408. It has three GP surgeries, one pharmacy, around 15 restaurants and cafés, and 15 bus stops, with Alderley Edge railway station 0.4 km away. The average sold house price is around £724,081, and there were around 25 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Alderley Edge area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Cheshire East area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 398,772 residents at roughly 342 people per km².

Council
Cheshire East
County
Cheshire
Constituency
Tatton
Police force
Cheshire
62/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 68th of 294 English council areas — better than 77% of them.

Low crime72
Home affordability61
Affordable rents72
Good schools43
Life expectancy55
Low deprivation72
Employment78
Low council tax45

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

15°CFog

  • Today: 20° / 14° · 39% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 13° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:32

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

12US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Stockport Hazel Grove, United Kingdom

Crime

29 reported · July 2026 15% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences13
  • Public order4
  • Anti-social behaviour3
  • Drugs3

6 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Prestbury and Alderley Edge · Cheshire

Local policing priorities

  • Shoplifting

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

570 reported road collisions (2024)

148 killed or seriously injured · 743 casualties · 14.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

163 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 149 rated 4–5 ★ (138 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Alderley Edge (0.1 km)
  • 19 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Alderley Edge (0.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£303,387 average 5% YoY

Across Cheshire East · to 2026-06

Detached£493,244
Semi-detached£290,686
Terraced£223,543
Flat£152,964

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£984 average monthly rent 6.3% YoY

  • 1 bed £696
  • 2 bed £898
  • 3 bed £1,105

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

7.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.6 times median annual pay (6.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (11.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · ESSO (10.8 km)

23 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

20 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Alderley Edge Hotel (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools13
  • Sports pitches60
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

398,772 residents in Cheshire East · 342/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 60%
  • 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 228 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,455 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (21% of 190,830)

A £1,637
B £1,909
C £2,182
D £2,455
E £3,000
F £3,546
G £4,091
H £4,910

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

182 schools · 60,238 pupils

124 primary · 23 secondary · 35 other

Ofsted: 61 of 70 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (87%)

157inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Alsager SchoolGood
  • Holmes Chapel Comprehensive SchoolGood
  • Malbank School and Sixth Form CollegeGood
  • Middlewich High SchoolGood
  • Sandbach High School and Sixth Form CollegeGood
  • The Fallibroome AcademyGood
  • The Oaks AcademyGood
  • The Macclesfield AcademyRequires improvement
  • All Hallows Catholic College
  • Brine Leas School
  • Cheshire Studio School
  • Congleton High School
  • Crewe Engineering and Design UTC
  • Eaton Bank Academy
  • Knutsford Academy
  • Poynton High School
  • Ruskin Community High School
  • Sandbach School
  • Shavington Academy
  • Sir William Stanier School
  • St Thomas More Catholic High School
  • Tytherington School
  • Wilmslow High School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Cheshire East

Care & health services

412 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes105
  • GP practices71
  • Dentists104
  • Homecare agencies93
  • Hospitals & hospices11

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Cheshire East

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 32 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

548 applications decided

89.1% granted · 488 granted, 60 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Esther McVey

Conservative

Tatton

Recent votes:

  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour / Independent coalition

  • Lab 28
  • Con 32
  • LD 1
  • Grn 1
  • Ref 1
  • Oth 19

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools5
  • GPs & clinics3
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés17

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

22,075 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

104 jobs advertised · £40,540 avg

e.g. Executive Chef - Cheshire, Front of House Team Leader - Alderley Edge Hotel, Test Analyst

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£808 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£29,202 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 195,088 certificates

9.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

92% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 54% · Wind 30% · Biomass 9% · Gas 6%

34 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84 yrs women · 80.6 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 66 women · 64.5 men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.7
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Health services

8 GP surgeries · 10 pharmacies in SK9

  • Kenmore Medical Centre
  • Alderley Edge Medical Centre
  • Handforth Health Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Tatton:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Alderley Edge railway station · 0.0 km

    Alderley Edge railway station serves the large village of Alderley Edge, in Cheshire, England. The station lies 13+3⁄4 miles (22.1 km) south of Manchester Piccadilly on the Crewe to Manchester Line. It is managed by N…

  • St Philip's Church, Alderley Edge · 0.1 km

    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. It is an active Anglican parish chu…

  • Alderley Edge School for Girls · 0.1 km

    Alderley Edge School for Girls was a Christian independent day school for girls in Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England. It was on a five-and-a-half acre site in the centre of the village.

  • Alderley Edge · 0.2 km

    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, ov…

  • The Ryleys School · 0.4 km

    The Ryleys School in Alderley Edge, Cheshire is a preparatory school for boys and girls between the ages of 1 and 11.

  • Alderley Edge Methodist Church · 0.4 km

    Alderley Edge Methodist Church is in Chapel Road, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England. It is an active Methodist church. The church and its associated hall are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a desi…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Alderley Edge?
Alderley Edge is a town in Cheshire, England, in the Cheshire East local authority.
What is the population of Alderley Edge?
Alderley Edge has an approximate settlement population of 4,408.
How deprived is Alderley Edge?
The Cheshire East local authority, which includes Alderley Edge, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.