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Line 179: 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\|~~publisher~~work=BBC News\|access-date=18 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2001/sep/11/newsstory.sport7\|title=Kennedy denies Beckham row report\|newspaper=The Guardian\|date=11 September 2001\|access-date=18 October 2015}}</ref> A number of ''[[Coronation Street]]'' actors, including [[Helen Flanagan]] and [[Richard Fleeshman]], live in the village, as do musicians [[Bernard Sumner]] and [[Peter Hook]].{{CN\|date=July 2024}} 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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