High Lane, Greater Manchester

High Lane lies in the Marple South and High Lane ward of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council. It is in the Hazel Grove parliamentary constituency and, since 2015, the Member of Parliament is William Wragg of the Conservative party.

High Lane is 5 miles (8 km) south-east of Stockport. It is bordered by the villages of Marple to the north; Hazel Grove to the west; Disley to the east and Poynton to the south. Most of the village is spread along the A6 road, which connects Luton and Carlisle.

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.

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

Social class:

• 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%

There is a Grade II listed war memorial in the centre of the village,[1] close to the church of St Thomas (also Grade II listed).[2] The Old Court House (dated 1772)[3] is one of a few older houses along the main road. At the edge of the village is Wybersley Hall. High Lane War Memorial Village Hall sits within High Lane Park, overlooking two junior football pitches.

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.

High Lane had its own railway station, on the Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway which connected Rose Hill Marple with Macclesfield. It was closed, as part of the Beeching cuts, in January 1970. The route is now a "linear park", accessible from the A6.

High Lane has two primary schools: High Lane Primary School[4] and Brookside Primary School.[5]

The church of St Thomas, High Lane

• St Thomas' Church – Anglican. Built 1851; consecrated 1859; enlarged 1866. In modern Norman style, Grade II listed.[2]
• Windlehurst Methodist Church – Methodist

There are three parks in High Lane: Brookside Park, Windlehurst Park and High Lane Park. Windlehurst Park is known to many locals as "the little park". High Lane Park 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.

• Christopher Isherwood – author
• John Bradshaw – associate of Cromwell and England's only ever president
• Sir Nicholas Winstanley – author and priest
• Christopher Samba – former Blackburn Rovers football club captain
• Daniel Pepper – Paralympian swimmer

• Listed buildings in Marple, Greater Manchester

• High Lane Village Community Website