Market town turned food-hall destination, with Metrolink, Georgian streets and Cheshire-fringe wealth. Chartered as a market town in 1290; the 1849 railway made it Manchester's first commuter suburb.
Altrincham Market, Stamford Quarter shops and Altrincham FC. The best-known landmark is Altrincham Market House and Dunham Massey nearby, and the WA14/WA15 postcodes reach Hale, Bowdon, Timperley, Sale within a short drive.
For a house move, what matters most locally is the building fabric: georgian and Victorian townhouses, 1930s semis and modern apartments. Bollin valley damp and mature garden shade give lichen on sandstone steps and Indian-stone patios.