A year in review: 2014 on The Edge

As 2014 draws to a close it is time to take a look back at the biggest news stories of the past twelve months in Alderley Edge and share some statistics with our readers.

During 2014 the alderleyedge.com web site has been visited nearly 400,000 times and generated a million page views!

Over the course of the year we've managed to publish over 625 articles and those articles have received 1516 reader comments.

Topics which appeared regularly in the news this year included parking problems in the village, the future of Heyes Lanes allotments, plans for the new medical centre and the future of Alderley Park - following the announcement by AstraZeneca last year that about 1,600 research and development roles will be relocated from Alderley Park by 2016.

2014 saw us welcome a number of new shops and businesses into the village including North West Air Ambulance charity shop, Caffè Nero, Meeks Shoes, Amber Vehicle Solutions, Atelier Bride, Hunter & Belle, barrecore, Clarkson of Cheshire, Lock & Parker and most recently Konak returned to its former owners and became Roka Turkish restaurant.

We also said goodbye to The Co-operative, which made way for a larger Waitrose supermarket, Alderley Balti, The Edge Interiors and The Wedding Shop which was established in Alderley Edge in 1994.

Additionally, we look forward to welcoming The Railway Cafe (pop-up restaurant and Gin Bar) and Tomfoolery at 34 (burger joint) both of which are expected to open in January 2015. Whilst the Panacea building still remains empty having been rebuilt after the bar and restaurant was destroyed by a massive fire on March 12th 2013.

Most read articles of 2014

1. Proposal for 800 homes on Alderley's Green Belt

2. Co-op to close as Little Waitrose gets bigger

3. Celebrity tours set to put Alderley on the tourist map

4. Allotment decision met with shouts of shame

5. Panacea building up for sale

6. Owners of big Manchester venue set to open in village

7. Plans for new burger bar confirmed

8. Wedding Shop closes after 20 years

9. Noise fears voiced over music and alcohol licence application

10. Schools warned about suspicious man

11. Soap star to light up Alderley

12. A sneak peak inside the new Waitrose

13. Pop-up restaurant plans unveiled

14. Allotment holders stand their ground

15. Do not be alarmed as ITV drama films in Alderley Edge.

I would like to publicly thank those local businesses who have booked our annual visibility packages and kindly allocated some of their marketing spend to our local independent business, enabling them to promote themselves and their events throughout the year.

Without the support of the following it would not have been possible for us to continue to provide this service: Bupa Care Homes, Orbit Developments, Alderley Edge School for Girls, Aldeli, Carrier Travel, Destinology, Highams, James Maguire & Co, Kimble Roden Architects, Meeks Shoes, Royles, Royles Jaguar, Stowe Family Law LLP and Terra Nova School - all of which are featured in our advertisers directory.

We were also delighted that Waters Corporation chose to support the service we provide to the community by sponsoring our weekly newsletter for the second year running.

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Thank you very much for taking the time to read alderleyedge.com, we hope you all have a happy, healthy and successful 2015.

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