on Artists Lane. It was declared treasure trove, and an inquest was held in Congleton on 26 February 1993. John Cherry from the British Museum along with Adrian Tindall, the Principal Conservation Officer (Archaeology) for Cheshire County Council, reported that the gold bar weighed 97.01 grams and was determined to be 73% gold. The publicity caused the public to search for more, and indeed five more gold bars were found. Members of the Derbyshire Caving Club found a Roman coin hoard in 1995; the hoard contained 564 coins from AD 317–36. Transport Bypass After several decades of discussion, a 5 km, north-to-south A34 Alderley Edge bypass was constructed (officially named Melrose Way) to the west of Alderley Edge to reduce traffic flow through the centre of village. It starts at the Harden roundabout at the south end of the existing Wilmslow bypass and goes west of Alderley Edge and rejoins the A34 at the bend about 400 yards north of the south gate of Astra Zeneca's laboratory grounds. The bypass was constructed to relieve the congestion caused by the 26,000 vehicles that previously passed through Alderley Edge daily. The project cost £56 million and the main civil engineering works were contracted to Birse Civils. The bypass was officially opened by the Chancellor of the Exchequer and MP for Alderley Edge, George Osborne, on Friday, 19 November 2010, "over 6 months before schedule" according to a notice that contractors put up at its south end. Railway Alderley Edge railway station is situated on the Crewe to Manchester line and each hour has two trains to Crewe, two to Manchester Piccadilly via Stockport and one to Manchester Piccadilly via Manchester Airport. Buses Alderley Edge is served by a Bus Route known as the 130 By D&G Buses, in one direction it heads towards Macclesfield while in the other direction it heads towards Wilmslow & Manchester Airport (Information to be confirmed please if Bus is still running) In popular culture The village has been used as a major setting in various books and television shows: The village was the main setting of the Channel 4 show Goldplated The location inspired Peter Graham to compose "On Alderley Edge", a commission for the Black Dyke Band. The village was the main setting of the MTV show Living on the Edge The Edge and the country south of it was the setting for Alan Garner's novels