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High Lane is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, on the Macclesfield Canal, 5 miles (8 km) from Stockport.

High Lane
The bridge over the entrance to the High Lane arm of the Macclesfield Canal
High Lane Location within Greater Manchester
Area	675 km2 (261 sq mi)
Population	5,852  (2011 Census)
• Density	9/km2 (23/sq mi)
OS grid reference	SJ955852
Metropolitan borough	Stockport
Metropolitan county	Greater Manchester
Region	North West
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	Hazel Grove
List of places UK England Greater Manchester 53.364°N 2.068°W / 53.364; -2.068

Governance

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.

Geography

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.

Demography

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%

Landmarks

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.

Transport

The A6, a major trunk road in England connecting Luton in the south with Carlisle in the north, runs through High Lane.

The nearest railway station to High Lane is Middlewood, which is on the Buxton line connecting Manchester Piccadilly and Stockport with the Peak District. Services are generally two-hourly in both directions. 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, called the Middlewood Way, which is accessible from the A6.

The Macclesfield Canal canal passes through High Lane. It runs for 26.1 miles (42 km) in a generally north to south direction from Marple Junction at Marple, where it joins the Upper Peak Forest Canal, to a junction with the Hall Green Branch of the Trent & Mersey Canal at Hall Green stop lock.[4]

Education

High Lane has two primary schools: High Lane Primary School[5] and Brookside Primary School.[6]

Religious sites

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

Public services

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.

Notable residents

• 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

See also

• Listed buildings in Marple, Greater Manchester

External links

• High Lane Village Community Website

References

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