New to Alderley Edge

My husband and I are relocating to Alderley Edge next week, and have a few questions, which I hope someone will be able to answer for us?

1 - Is there a regular bus service (in case we need it) to places such as the Airport, Wilmslow and the Trafford Centre etc?
2 - Can anyone recommend any quality restaurants? bars? and is there a good local traditional pub selling real ale and hearty food? (preferably with a log fire!!)
3 - Can anyone recommend some good local walks?
4 - Other than Alderley Edge Methodist Church, what others are available in the area?
5 - Do any of the shops open on a Sunday in the village?

Thank you. I hope you will be able to help us with any of the above.
Caroline

Hi Caroline

Yes there is a regular bus service from Alderley Edge to Wilmslow, Manchester and Macclesfield. Service No. 130 - the timetable is here http://www.arrivabus.co.uk/uploadedfiles/Services/North_West/NWMA130_300809_160809.pdf.

The trains also go to Wilmslow, the airport and Manchester.

Not sure if you’ve found the restaurant section of our Business Directory yet http://www.alderleyedge.com/directory/category/restaurants/. All the local restaurants are listed with some customer reviews. We’re spoilt for choice.

The local pubs are also listed http://www.alderleyedge.com/directory/category/bars-and-pubs/. We have 3 pubs in the village: De Trafford Arms, Royal Oak and Drum & Monkey. Up by The Edge there is also The Wizard - but afraid I can’t help re. real ale.

We have a series of local walks in the Hobbies & Interests section of the forum http://www.alderleyedge.com/forums/viewforum/4/. These are very kindly provided by one of our members Roger Norton who is a local footpaths inspector for East Cheshire Ramblers and a voluntary warden with the National Trust.

We also feature a selection of local walks on our other site http://www.wilmslow.co.uk which are kindly provided by another member Graham Beech - these walks are mostly based on his book “East Cheshire Walks”. http://www.wilmslow.co.uk/search/results?q=walks&c=news.

There is also an article on wilmslow.co.uk about the East Cheshire Rambler’s 2010 walks programme http://www.wilmslow.co.uk/news/article/2010-walks-programme-is-biggest-ever/.

In addition to the Alderley Edge Methodist Church we have St. Philip and St. James which is just off London Road at the Northern end of the village and St Pius X which is the Catholic church on Stamford Road.

The new Co-op supermarket is open on a Sunday, as is the newsagents Martins - both on London Road.

I hope this helps and your move to Alderley Edge goes smoothly. It’s a great place to live so I hope you will be very happy here.

Thank you Lisa for your most informative response. It’s really appreciated.  We found this site recently and since I posted the questions earlier today we spent some time looking around the site which has been very useful indeed.

I know where to come now if I have any further questions!  Thanks again.
Caroline