Golden Triangle (Cheshire)

{{Short description|Area of affluent small towns and villages in England}}

The Golden Triangle (sometimes called the Footballer Belt) is an area of affluent small towns and villages in Cheshire, England. The exact three points of the triangle are the subject of local debate but are generally considered to be Alderley Edge, Prestbury, and Wilmslow.{{Cite news|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/astonishing-details-golden-triangle-200m-20065109|title=£200m 'Golden Triangle' family's lavish lifestyle revealed in court battle |newspaper=Manchester Evening News |first1=Damon |last1=Wilkinson |first2=Brian |last2=Farmer |date=11 March 2021 |access-date=29 June 2025}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/showbiz-tv/premier-league-cheshire-golden-triangle-16441018|title = The Premier League mansions players can't manage to sell |website=BirminghamLive |first1=Chris |last1=Osuh |first2=James |last2=Rodger |date = 17 June 2019 |access-date=29 June 2025}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/homes-and-gardens/places-to-live/the-a-z-of-cheshire-s-golden-triangle-7267154|title = The A-Z of Cheshire's Golden Triangle – Wilmslow, Prestbury and Alderley Edge |first1=Penny |last1=Fray |first2=Helen |last2=Warwick |magazine=Cheshire Life |date = 20 October 2019 |access-date=29 June 2025}} The area, about 5 miles across, is noted for expensive houses in a pleasant countryside setting that is popular with wealthy Premier League footballers,{{cite news|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/supercars-super-rich-sipping-champers-13629051 |newspaper=Manchester Evening News |title=Supercars, super-rich and sipping champers – what it's REALLY like on a night out in Alderley Edge, the playground of footballers and millionaires|first=Dianne|last=Bourne|date=17 September 2017|access-date=29 June 2025}} entertainment industry figures, and businesspeople.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZBytBOxT_GAC&pg=PA1 |title=To the edge: entrepreneurial secrets from Britain's richest square mile |first=Malcolm |last=McClean |year=2007 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-1-84112-782-8}} Five of the ten most expensive roads in North West England have been identified as being in this area.{{cite web |url=http://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/globalassets/documents/media/press-releases/halifax/2009/street_level_prices_2009_england_and_wales.pdf |title=Streets of West London are the Most Expensive in England and Wales |publisher=Halifax Building Society |date=29 December 2009 |access-date=25 December 2019 |type=press release}} Withinlee Road in Prestbury is also said to be the most expensive street in northern England, with prices averaging around £1.2 million {{as of|2009|lc=yes}}.{{cite news |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/the-street-paved-with-gold-937922 |title=The street paved with gold |newspaper=Manchester Evening News |date=29 December 2009 |access-date=25 December 2019}}

The triangle is part of the parliamentary constituencies of Macclesfield and Tatton. The area and its rich businessmen were fictionalised in the drama series Goldplated.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/northern-exposure-the-cheshire-set-5330822.html |first=Katy |last=Guest |title=Northern exposure: The Cheshire set |newspaper=The Independent |date=8 October 2006 |access-date=25 December 2019}} Much of the action in Howard Jacobson's novel Shylock Is My Name also takes place within the Golden Triangle. It is also the main basis for the reality TV show The Real Housewives of Cheshire.

Notable residents

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Current and former residents include:

Trent Alexander-Arnold{{cite web |last1=Bates |first1=Steve |date=2 July 2022 |title=Raheem Sterling negotiates to sell house to Trent Alexander-Arnold as Chelsea transfer nears |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/raheem-sterling-negotiates-sell-house-27384811 |access-date=23 October 2022 |website=Daily Mirror |publisher=Reach plc}}
Virgil van Dijk{{cite web |last1=Mayo |first1=Marc |date=5 March 2019 |title=Ole Gunnar Solskjaer can't move back into his house because Virgil Van Dijk lives there |url=https://www.joe.co.uk/sport/ole-gunnar-solskjaer-house-virgil-van-dijk-222196 |access-date=23 October 2022 |website=JOE |publisher=JOE.co.uk}}
Tanya Bardsley{{Cite web |last=Fitzpatrick |first=Katie |date=2021-10-06 |title=Real Housewives star Tanya Bardsley on living with dyslexia and ADHD |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/showbiz-news/i-just-thought-thick-kid-21772524 |access-date=2021-11-01 |website=Manchester Evening News |language=en}} and Phil Bardsley
David Beckham{{cite news|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/showbiz-news/david-beckham-manchester-alderley-edge-14648568|title=David Beckham is 'back home' in Manchester touring his old haunts – and eating chips and gravy|first=Dianne |last=Bourne|date=12 May 2018 |newspaper=Manchester Evening News |access-date=29 June 2025}}
George Daniel
Kevin De Bruyne{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/sport/football/article/citys-10m-a-year-star-who-celebrated-derby-win-with-a-takeaway-and-a-swim-with-his-baby-son-qcl0n3mk0|title=City's £10m-a-year star who celebrated derby win with takeaway and swim with his son|first=Paul|last=Hirst|via=www.thetimes.co.uk |url-access=subscription}}
Alan Garner{{Cite news |last1=Garner |first1=Alan |date=11 May 2019 |title=Alan Garner on Alderley Edge: 'The hill was my playground, school and world' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/may/11/alan-garner-on-alderley-edge |access-date=29 June 2025}}
Matty Healy – spent his formative years in Alderley Edge together with actor parents Denise Welch and Tim Healy{{Cite web |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 |website=Manchester Evening News |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Warrenger |first=Sam |date=2023-02-13 |title=The 1975 are about to announce their 'biggest UK show' |website=TheFestivals |url=https://thefestivals.uk/the-1975-biggest-uk-show/ |access-date=2023-06-23 |language=en-GB}}
Jordan Henderson{{cite web |last1=Houston |first1=David |last2=Otter |first2=Saffron |date=18 January 2022 |title=The Cheshire villages where you are most likely to bump into a Premier League player |url=https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/cheshire-villages-you-most-likely-22778939 |access-date=23 October 2022 |website=CheshireLive |publisher=Reach plc}}
Marcus Rashford{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/2020061791719/marcus-rashford-facts-girlfriend|title = Meet Marcus Rashford: His girlfriend, net worth, family life and more|date = 17 June 2020 |magazine=Hello! |first=Gemma |last=Strong |access-date=29 June 2025}}
Cristiano Ronaldo{{cite web|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/property/cristiano-ronaldo-puts-alderley-edge-15574435 |newspaper=Manchester Evening News|title=Cristiano Ronaldo puts Alderley Edge mansion on market for £3.25m – nine years after leaving Manchester United|first=Jessica|last=Sansome|date=19 December 2018 |access-date=29 June 2025}}
Wayne Rooney and Coleen Rooney{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/homes/20210507112622/wayne-rooney-coleen-rooney-new-cheshire-home-inside/|title = Coleen and Wayne Rooney's new mansion could be a five-star hotel |first=Nichola |last=Murphy |magazine=Hello!|date = 7 May 2021 |access-date=29 June 2025}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/coleen-rooney-teams-up-wives-4507980|title = Coleen Rooney teams up with Noddy Holder to fight homes plan |first=Vaz |last=Sayed |website=Daily Mirror |date = 25 October 2014 |access-date=29 June 2025}}
Raheem Sterling{{Cite web|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/raheem-sterlings-mansion-targeted-burglars-18698542|title=Raheem Sterling's mansion targeted by burglars who preyed on celebrities|first=Sophie|last=Halle-Richards|date=31 July 2020|newspaper=Manchester Evening News|access-date=29 June 2025}}
Alan Turing{{cite web |author=Anon |year=2021 |title=Victorian family residence of historical importance |url=https://assets.savills.com/properties/GBWSRSWIS210139/WIS210139_WIS21003746.PDF |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703105309/https://assets.savills.com/properties/GBWSRSWIS210139/WIS210139_WIS21003746.PDF |archivedate=2021-07-03 |publisher=Savills |access-date=29 June 2025 |quote=Copper Folly is an outstanding Victorian residence of particular historical significance, having once been home to the world famous cryptographer Alan Turing highlighted by the blue heritage plaque}}
Kyle Walker{{cite web|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/man-city-star-kyle-walker-17726660|title=Man City star Kyle Walker moved into a £3.5m Cheshire mansion and put up a four-metre high ivy wall. Not everyone was happy...|first=Jessica |last=Sansome |date=11 February 2020|newspaper=Manchester Evening News |access-date=29 June 2025}}

References

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Category:Geography of Cheshire

Category:Social class in the United Kingdom