Hale is without doubt one of THE Cheshire villages. Buzzing with life the village is ultra-fashionable with many excellent restaurants and pavement café's including the Hale Grill, Amba and the American Bar and Grill.

The village is one of the most desirable residential locations in South Manchester and Cheshire . Offering well-established tree lined avenues comprising both Victoria and Edwardian terraced, semi-detached and family mansion houses.

Notable areas in Hale include the "Tree" roads comprising of 2 to 4 bedroom Victorian terraced homes all in walking distance of the village and are very popular with young professionals and families with children.

For those looking for a home of distinction Hale boasts a number of roads that are in the top ten of most expensive in Manchester! These include Hilltop, Broadway and Rappax .

Many new individually designed mansion houses have been recently built creating some of the most prestigious addresses in Cheshire .

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History

Hale is well known for its premium property market and the large number of resident millionaires; however it has not always been like this.

In Domesday times the area of Hale was a sprawling area of tiny hamlets and isolated farms. The urban growth of hale in the mid 1800's was linked closely to that of Bowdon and Altrincham. The opening in 1849 of the Altrincham and South Junction Railway started the trend for wealthy cotton mill owners to build large mansion houses in these locations.

In 1862 having its own station completed on the Northwich line, Hale soon became the desired residence for the middle classes who became an early example of the modern day commuter.

It was not until the 1930's that the urban development of Hale quickened, driven by the "fashion" for owning a home in the country. By this time the shopping centre in Ashley Road had been completed and Hale "village" had become truly established.

After the second world war the residential development of Hale continued at the expense of some notable local landmarks. The Wadham House School was sold in 1962 to a builder. The school and eight acres of playing fields are now the roads of Wadham Way , Fernlea and Birchfields.

The Hale Urban District Council offices and drill hall were demolished in the early 1970's to make way for what is today Somerfield and the Ashley Hotel.

In the late 1970's Hale's cinema on Ashley Road (on the Hale /Altrincham boundary) was demolished and replaced by 3 detached 1970's style houses.

However many of the best known houses of Hale still exist. This includes 224 Hale Road , with its flat roof, curved front and Persian-Rug style tiled panel over the front door. It was the home of Edgar Wood, the architect and artist and was designed in 1914 and occupied in 1916.

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