Road station is located just outside Timperley in East Altrincham. It is a Northern-operated heavy rail station on the Mid-Cheshire Line with an adjoining light rail station served by the Altrincham line of the Manchester Metrolink tram network. Present day Today Timperley is a suburban area extending from the A56 road in the west to the main Stockport Road roundabout on the A560 in the east. Much of the housing stock dates from the 1930s and later. Typically houses are slightly larger than the traditional "northern terraces". Older houses tend to be in the red brick cottage style of north Cheshire. Notable residents Ian Brown and John Squire, founders of The Stone Roses Caroline Aherne, comedy writer and actress (The Royle Family, The Fast Show, The Mrs Merton Show), died 2016. Roger Ashton-Griffiths, film actor (Gangs of New York, Brazil, Young Sherlock Holmes), grew up in Timperley Paul Hanley, member of The Lovers and former member of The Fall John Noel Nichols, wholesaler of spices and medicines and inventor of Vimto, died 1966 Louis Oosthuizen, professional golfer and winner of the 2010 British Open (one of Golf's "Majors") based in Timperley during the European season Benny Rothman, political activist, most famous for his leading role in the mass trespass of Kinder Scout in 1932, died 2002 Chris Sievey (more popularly known as his comic character Frank Sidebottom), comedian and musician, died 2010. A statue of Sievey in his Frank Sidebottom guise was unveiled in Timperley town centre on 20 October 2013. Cyril Washbrook, cricketer Lancashire and England, died 1999 Keith Skues, BBC radio presenter and producer, born 1939, Timperley Lodge. John Thompson, English-born, Canadian poet, born in Timperley, 1938, died in Sackville, New Brunswick, 1976. See also Listed buildings in Altrincham References External links Timperley Ward Profile Local records are kept in the Local Studies Archive of Trafford MBC South Trafford Archaeological Group Childminder Timperley Timperley village site Areas of Greater Manchester Geography of Trafford