Heaton Moor has Victorian housing, built between 1852 and 1892, along affluent tree-lined streets which follow the field patterns of a former agricultural economy.

Heaton Moor has little public open space with the exception of Heaton Moor Park and Thornfield Park, but because of its tree-lined roads and the building line set well back from the street, it gives the impression of having more space, and a Victorian business class style.

Heaton Norris was part of the Manchester barony of the Grelley family but, between 1162 and 1180, it belonged to William le Norreys.

In 1322, there were 32 dwellings suggesting a population of 150; the ten freeholders of the escheated manor had the right to graze on common pasture and to cut wood.

[1] The opening of Heaton Chapel railway station marked a turning point in development of the area; land was acquired and streets were planned.

A substantial terrace of shops was built on Heaton Moor Road, with glass and cast iron awnings.

[2] The Savoy Cinema opened 1923, built in the Baroque style in red brick with white terracota dressings.

Mauldeth Hall is a large Greek Revival villa, built in 1832–60, for Joseph Chessborough Dyer; it was extended in 1880–82 by Charles Heathcote so that it could become a "hospital for incurables".

[13] Tithe Barn Primary School, rated Outstanding by Ofsted, is located just over the border in Heaton Mersey.

The district had for many years a boys' boarding school called Heaton Moor College.

Northern Trains operates stopping services to Manchester Piccadilly, Stockport, Alderley Edge, Crewe, Stoke-on-Trent and Buxton.

[1] Bus services are operated by Stagecoach Manchester; key routes include:[15] Heaton Moor is an affluent area; in the Victorian era, it had an equal residential status to Alderley Edge, Cheshire and Bowdon.

Heaton Moor Golf Club, founded in 1892, is an 18-hole relatively flat, tree lined course set in a conservation area.

[citation needed] Dominic Monaghan, who played Merry in the film trilogy of The Lord of the Rings and Charlie Pace the television actor in Lost was born in Germany but raised here.

Children's author Jo Welch grew up in Heaton Moor and set her first book, The Einstein Code, in the area.

[25] Cecil Kimber, the founder of MG Car Company lived in Heaton Moor, and was a pupil of Stockport Grammar School.