High Lane
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| High Lane | |
  High Lane shown within Cheshire |
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| Area[1] | 260.6 sq mi (675 km²) |
|---|---|
| Population | 5852[2] |
| - Density | (8.66)/km² (22.4/sq mi)[3] |
| OS grid reference | |
| Metropolitan borough | Stockport |
| Ceremonial county | Cheshire |
| Region | North West |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | STOCKPORT |
| Postcode district | SK6 |
| Dialling code | 01663 |
| 0161 | |
| Police | Cheshire |
| Fire | Cheshire |
| Ambulance | North West |
| European Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | Hazel Grove |
| List of places: UK • England • Cheshire | |
High Lane is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It lies 5 miles from Stockport, on the Peak Forest Canal. It has a population of 5852[4]. It lies in the Historic county of Cheshire.
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[edit] History
[edit] Governance
High Lane lies in the Marple South ward of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council. It lies in the Hazel Grove parliamentary constituency and the current Member of Parliament (from 1997) is Andrew Stunell, a member of the Liberal Democrats.
[edit] Geography
High Lane lies 10 miles to the south-east of Stockport. It is bordered by the villages of Marple to the north; Hazel Grove to the west; Disley to the east; Poynton to the south. It lies on the A6 road (which goes from London to Carlisle). Most of the village is spread along this road.
High Lane lies in the foothills of the Pennines, and on clear days it affords some excellent views of the city of Manchester and surrounding towns.
[edit] Demography
The population is 5852[5]. 95% of the population are White British[6]. 82% of the population give their religion as Christian, and 9.8% have no religion[7]. 64% of the population are economically active; 24% are retired[8].
- Higher managerial and professional - 11%
- Lower managerial and professional - 21%
- Intermediate occupations - 11%
- Small employers and own account workers - 9.6%
- Lower supervisory and technical - 5.3%
- Semi-routine - 8.0%
- Routine - 4.8%
- Never worked and long-term unemployed - 1.3%
[edit] Economy
[edit] Landmarks
There is a war memorial in the centre of the village. At the edge of the village is Wybersley Hall.
[edit] Transport
The village sits on the Macclesfield Canal, the Middlewood Way and the A6, a major trunk road in England connecting Luton in the south with Carlisle in the north. The nearest railway station to High Lane is Middlewood. The very long Disley Tunnel, on the Hope Valley Line, passes underneath the village.
Until 1970 there was a railway station in the village, on the Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway.
[edit] Education
High Lane has two schools; High Lane Primary School and Brookside Primary School.
[edit] Religious sites
- St Thomas' Church - Church of England. Built 1851; consecrated 1859; enlarged 1866. In modern Norman style.
- Windlehurst Methodist Church - Methodist
[edit] Sport
The village has its own Cricket Club. The club is over 100 years old and plays in the Derbyshire and Cheshire Cricket League. The club had two senior teams and 6 junior teams, under 9, under 11, under 13, under 15, under 17 and a girls team.
[edit] Public services
There are three parks in High Lane, Brookside Park, Windlehurst Park and High Lane Park, which is the largest and in 2000 had a small skatepark installed. "Windlehurst Park" is known to many locals as "the little park".
[edit] Notable residents
- Christopher Isherwood - author
- John Bradshaw - associate of Cromwell and England's only ever President
