[6] A Mechanics' Institute was built in 1871 at the corner of London Road and Hatherlow Lane, serving as the village's main public events venue.

The charity that originally ran the building transferred ownership to the Hazel Grove and Bramhall Urban District Council in 1952, who later renamed it the Civic Hall.

It stood in fields to the east of Macclesfield Road, opposite Norbury Hall Farm, nearly a mile south of Hazel Grove.

"[10] In the 1830s, it was decided to build a new church, both to serve the growing village and to replace the increasingly ruinous Norbury Chapel.

[13] The ecclesiastical parish was enlarged in 1878 to take in Bosden and parts of Bramhall and Torkington townships, such that it then covered the whole of Hazel Grove village.

In 1866, the legal definition of 'parish' was changed to be the areas used for administering the poor laws, and so Bramhall, Norbury, Torkington, and Handforth-cum-Bosden each became separate civil parishes.

The parish councils of Bramhall, Bosden, Norbury, Torkington and neighbouring Offerton (to the north of Hazel Grove) collectively decided that they wished to resist being brought into Stockport, and therefore petitioned Cheshire County Council to create an urban district covering the combined area of their five parishes.

[28][29] Hazel Grove and Bramhall was abolished in 1974 to become part of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport in Greater Manchester.

[30] Notable features of Hazel Grove include the A6 road, a major thoroughfare which connects Luton with Carlisle, passes through the centre of the area.

[31][32] The area is served by Hazel Grove railway station, which is on the Hope Valley and Buxton lines from Stockport.

[33] Hazel Grove (Midland) station was situated between the railway overbridges at the south end of the town and was only open from 1902 until 1917.

[35] The area has four state primary schools – Hazel Grove, Torkington, Norbury Hall and Moorfield.

[36] Nexperia (formerly NXP, Philips, Mullard) have a semiconductor manufacturing plant (wafer Fab) off Bramhall Moor Lane in Hazel Grove.

Before 1939, the site beside the Marcliff (later Warwick) cinema at the south end of the village had a garage and petrol station (opposite Jack Sharp's greyhound track), which was converted at the outbreak of war into an aircraft factory,[citation needed] occupying the entire triangle between Macclesfield Road and the two railway lines.

[citation needed] Hazel Grove's main shopping street, London Road, and its surrounding area is the largest district centre in Stockport Borough with a diverse range of small shops and larger supermarkets, public houses, restaurants and takeaways[citation needed].

Being one of the largest snooker venues in the UK, the club has hosted a substantial number of WPBSA (later WSA) and ESPB competitions throughout the last three decades, leading to two confirmed and referee-verified 147 breaks at the club (Jason Prince in British Open Qualifier, 13 January 1999,[citation needed] and Nick Dyson in UK Tour Event 4, 2 March 1999[38]).

Hazel Grove Football Club was founded in 1957 and play their home games at Torkington Park.

Richmond Rovers JFC is a junior football club based opposite the high school on Jacksons Lane.