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The author [[Alan Garner]], who wrote the children's fantasy novel ''[[The Weirdstone of Brisingamen]]'', which is set on Alderley Edge, lived on Trafford Road at the corner with Stevens Street and Moss Lane.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Garner |first1=Alan |title=Where Shall We Run To |date=2018-08-09 |publisher=Fourth Estate |isbn=978-0-00-830597-0}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=July 2024}}
Former footballers who live in Alderley Edge include [[Joleon Lescott]] and [[Manchester United]] players [[Dwight Yorke]], [[Rio Ferdinand]], [[Michael Carrick]], and [[Andy Cole]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/feb/26/newsstory.sport12 |title=Cole questioned by police over wife 'assault' |newspaper=The Guardian |date=26 February 2008 |access-date=19 February 2022}}</ref> [[David Beckham]] and his wife [[Victoria Beckham]] previously resided in Alderley Edge.<ref name="telegraph.co.uk"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1160481.stm|title=UK – Beckham 'stopped for speeding'|date=8 February 2001|
The singer-songwriter [[Matty Healy]] spent his formative years in Alderley Edge together with actor parents [[Denise Welch]] and [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=McKeegan |first=Alice |date=2013-05-07 |title=How my schoolboy dream of musical stardom came true |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-schoolboy-dream-musical-stardom-3415033 |access-date=2023-06-23 |newspaper=Manchester Evening News}}</ref>
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