High Lane, Greater Manchester
| High Lane | |
|---|---|
 The bridge over the entrance to the High Lane Arm of the Macclesfield Canal | |
| Area | 675 km2 (261 sq mi) [1] |
| Population | 5,852 [1] |
| • Density | 8.66/km2 (22.4/sq mi)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SJ955852 |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | STOCKPORT |
| Postcode district | SK6 |
| Dialling code | 01663 0161 |
| Police | Greater Manchester |
| Fire | Greater Manchester |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
High Lane is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. Historically within Cheshire, it is five miles (8 km) from Stockport, on the Macclesfield Canal. It has a population of 5852.[1]
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 2015) is William Wragg, a member of the Conservatives.
Geography
High Lane lies five miles (8 km) to the southeast 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.
Demography
The population is 5,852.[1] 95% of the population are White British.[1] 82% of the population give their religion as Christian, and 9.8% have no religion.[1] 64% of the population are economically active; 24% are retired.[1]
- 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%
Landmarks
There is a war memorial in the centre of the village. At the edge of the village is Wybersley Hall. High Lane War Memorial Village Hall (highlanevillagehall.co.uk) sits in High Lane Park overlooking two junior football pitches.
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.
Education
High Lane has two schools: High Lane Primary School and Brookside Primary School.
Religious sites
- St Thomas' Church - Anglican. Built 1851; consecrated 1859; enlarged 1866. In modern Norman style.
- Windlehurst Methodist Church - Methodist
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. In the summer of 2010 renovations were completed and an extension to the children's play area was constructed. "Windlehurst Park" is known to many locals as "the little park". There has now been another park built on Windlehurst called Winstanley Park which has been named after "Sir Nicholas Winstanley" a local author.
Notable residents
- Christopher Isherwood - author
- John Bradshaw - associate of Cromwell and England's only ever president
- Sir Nicholas Winstanley - author and priest
- Christopher Samba - Blackburn Rover football club captain
- Daniel Pepper - Paralympian swimmer
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