High Lane is a village in the

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, England. It is sited south-east of

Stockport Stockport is a town in Greater Manchester, England, south-east of Manchester, south-west of Ashton-under-Lyne and north of Macclesfield. The River Goyt, Rivers Goyt and River Tame, Greater Manchester, Tame merge to create the River Mersey he ...

, on the

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and the

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Governance

High Lane lies in the Marple South and High Lane ward of

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, which is represented by three Liberal Democrat councillors. It forms part the Hazel Grove parliamentary constituency and, since 2024, the Member of Parliament is Lisa Smart of the Liberal Democrats.

Geography

High Lane is south-east of

. It is bordered by Marple to the north,

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to the west,

Disley Disley is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in Cheshire, England. It is located on the edge of the Peak District in the Goyt Valley, south of Stockport and close to the county boundary with Derbyshire at New Mills. The popu ...

to the east and

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to the south. Most of the village is spread along the A6. High Lane lies in the foothills of the

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and, on clear days, it affords some excellent views of the city of

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and surrounding towns.

Demography

The population is 5,852, of which 95% are White British; 82% give their religion as Christian and 9.8% have no religion. 64% of the population are economically active; 24% are retired.

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: * 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

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war memorial in the centre of the village, close to the church of St Thomas (also Grade II listed). The Old Court House (dated 1772) is one of a few older houses along the main road. At the edge of the village is Wyberslegh Hall. High Lane War Memorial Village Hall lies within High Lane Park, overlooking two junior football pitches.

Transport

The A6 bisects the village, which a major trunk road in England connecting

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in the south with

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in the north.

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and

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operate bus services that serve the village. The main routes are: * 199:

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* 360: Hayfield to Stockport * 394:

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. The nearest railway station to High Lane is Middlewood, which is on the Buxton line connecting and with .

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operates a generally hourly service in each directions. The very long Disley Tunnel, on the

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, passes underneath the village. High Lane railway station served the village on the Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway, which connected with . It was closed, as part of the

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, in January 1970. The former trackbed now forms the

Middlewood Way The Middlewood Way is a 10-mile (16 km) shared-use path in north-west England, between Macclesfield and Rose Hill, Marple; it was opened on 30 May 1985 by Dr David Bellamy. It serves the needs of walkers, dog walkers, cyclists, joggers an ...

, a

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which is accessible from the A6. The

passes through High Lane. It runs for in a generally north to south direction from Marple Junction at Marple, where it joins the Upper

Peak Forest Canal The Peak Forest Canal is a narrow ( gauge) locked artificial waterway in northern England. It is long and forms part of the connected English/Welsh inland waterway network. Route and features General description The canal consists of two leve ...

, to a junction with the Hall Green Branch of the

Trent and Mersey Canal The Trent and Mersey Canal is a canal in Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire in north-central England. It is a "narrow canal" for the vast majority of its length, but at the extremities to the east of Burton upon Trent and north of Middl ...

at Hall Green stop lock. The High Lane Arm of the Macclesfield Canal is home to the North Cheshire Cruising Club. The Arm had historically extended south to the Middlewood coal mine.

Education

High Lane has two primary schools: High Lane Primary School and Brookside Primary School.

Religious sites

* St Thomas' Church –

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. Built 1851; consecrated 1859; enlarged 1866. It was built in a modern Norman style and is now

. * Windlehurst Methodist Church –

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Public services

There are three parks in High Lane: * Brookside Park * Windlehurst Park, which is known to many locals as "the little park" * High Lane Park is the largest of the three; in 2000, it had a small

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installed. In the summer of 2010, renovations were completed and an extension to the children's play area was constructed.

Notable residents

* John Bradshaw (1602–59) President of the

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(Judge) for the trial of

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in 1649. Lord President of the Council of State of the English Commonwealth in 1649–51, 1653 *

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– novelist, playwright, screenwriter, autobiographer, and diarist * Daniel Pepper –

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swimmer * Christopher Samba – former

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football club captain * Sir Nicholas Winstanley – author and priest.