Alderley Edge is a town as well as civil parish in Cheshire, England. In 2011, it had a population of 4,780. Alderley Edge is 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Macclesfield and also 15 miles (24 km) south of Manchester, at the base of a high as well as thickly wooded sandstone cliff, Alderley Edge, which is the area's principal topographical feature as well as ignores the Cheshire Plain. Alderley Edge is recognized for its affluence and also pricey residences, dropping inside Cheshire's Golden Triangle. Alderley Edge has a choice of cafes and developer stores and also has actually attracted countless Premier League footballers, stars as well as multi-millionaire businesspeople. It is one of the most pricey and also sought-after locations to reside in the UK outside main London. From middle ages times the area became part of the Chorley township of the old parish of Wilmslow in the Macclesfield Thousand Of Cheshire. Under the Poor Law Amendment Act 1866 Chorley ended up being a civil church in its own right. Alderley Edge civil parish was created on 31 December 1894 from part of Chorley civil church. Together with Bollinfee civil parish it developed Alderley Edge Urban Area. In 1974 it became a civil church in the brand-new non-metropolitan area of Macclesfield. Considering that 1 April 2009 it has actually been part of the unitary authority of Cheshire East.