Hale Road in Trafford was voted the 2nd 'most-attractive' road in the North West
Light is fading on Hale Road. It’s school pickup time, and the ‘most-attractive’ street in Greater Manchester is clogged with exhaust fumes.Rush hour along this road means you are treated to a parade of luxury cars: Range Rovers, Mercedes, BMWs and Jaguars, at this time with parents at the wheel.There’s the occasional Porsche purring past too. Anything older than a 2023 number plate is a rare sight.
Stepping inside her shop, you are greeted by a glittering smorgasbord of white marble, rose gold, pale wood and soft white lighting illuminating the fixtures, dotted with orchids in pots and accompanied by the heavy scent of ‘rose-cashmere’. This part of Trafford has long been renowned for its wealth, and for being home to some of our region’s richest - including CEOs, celebrities and Premier League footballers.
The houses, however, are where you can see the real money. Some are truly massive, typical footballers’ pads eschewing traditional red-brick for cream and black, with impenetrable security gates, immaculate hedges and several brand new cars parked on the drive way. She also thought that Hale Road – the main road into Altrincham off the M56 motorway – had become much busier.
“We’d like to downsize, but we’re not sure we’d be able to find anywhere smaller in Hale. But we’d like to stay.” He moved to another house near the cemetery in the mid-1980s, and has no plans to leave. “It suits me down to the ground. Everything’s close by, it’s very convenient, and there’s good public transport.
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