Cheadle is a suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. Historically in Cheshire, it borders Cheadle Hulme, Gatley, Heald Green and Cheadle Heath in Stockport, and East Didsbury in Manchester. In 2001 it had a population of 14,261. The ward includes Gatley and by the 2011 census the overall population had increased only slightly to 14,698.