Throughout Cheshire are dozens of charming villages where you can stumble across cosy pubs, pretty cottages and gorgeous countryside. One of these lies just a stone’s throw away from Greater Manchester - and could have been Greater Manchester, if it hadn't turned the option down.
Disley is located south of Stockport, on the edge of the Peak District. It sits on the Manchester to Buxton railway line, only half an hour’s train journey from Manchester.
Unlike many towns and villages which were encompassed into Greater Manchester in 1972, Disley firmly remained part of Cheshire. Then in 2009 when the old Macclesfield Borough Council was abolished, a referendum was held asking residents if they would prefer the village to be under the new Cheshire East Council, the Stockport borough council or the High Peak borough council.
