Both England under-21 footballer Tom Ince (1992) and his daughter, Halle Rae (2013), were born at Stepping Hill.
His partner, Charly Cottrell, gave birth to Halle Rae at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport, the same hospital at which Ince himself was born 21 years earlier.
The station is ½ mile (800 m) away from Stepping Hill Hospital, the main hospital in the town of Stockport.
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The village is also home to Adidas who have their main warehouse on the edge of Hazel Grove, and the nearby Stepping Hill Hospital which is the main maternity and A&E hospital serving the Stockport and south Manchester areas.