Thorley Glade is just two miles from the North Cheshire Motorway (M56), ten minutes’ drive from the Manchester Outer Ring Road (M60) and less than ten miles from Manchester city centre. Buses link the development with Hale and Altrincham, where the Altrincham Interchange transport hub incorporates rail, bus and Metrolink tram services. Metrolink and train services both reach central Manchester in approximately 25 minutes, and Manchester International Airport is less than ten minutes’ drive away.
Within around half a mile, there is a shopping precinct incorporating a pharmacy, a post office and a Tesco Express, and another with a Morrisons Daily store, a hairdresser and takeaways. Timperley’s main shopping centre, ten minutes’ walk away, presents a comprehensive selection of convenience stores, hairdressers, cafés, takeaways and branches of Co-op, Iceland and Sainsbury’s. Altrincham’s attractive town centre, just 1.5 miles away from Thorley Glade, offers a choice of shopping environments from fashion, sports and technology brands in Stamford Quarter to local produce and crafts at the delightful Altrincham Market. Hale village’s traditional shopping street is just under 2 miles away.