The importance of the railway station in the history of the Stockport suburb of Cheadle Hulme should not be underestimated. Its arrival in the mid-19th Century set into motion the village’s transformation from a collection of small hamlets into a suburb of nearly 30,000.
The completion of the Manchester to Birmingham Railway built between Manchester and Crewe, and the extension of the line to Macclesfield and later Stoke–on-Trent then paved the way for Cheadle Hulme to become a bustling commuter spot. Today, looking out down onto Station Road from Platform 1, the suburb continues to evolve, with a host of new restaurants, bars and apartments catering to an ever-growing population.
Earlier this week, The Telegraph published its annual list of the 50 ‘most desirable’ places in Britain. The publication commissioned Savills to use the latest census data to create a ranking of the most affluent towns based on factors such as the proportion of residents holding managerial jobs, their level of qualifications, the state of their health and the costs of buying a house.
