A. J. N. W. Prag is Honorary Professor at the Manchester Museum and Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of Manchester

Part I. Introductory
1. The background to the Alderley Edge Landscape Project - A. J. N. W. Prag
2. Approach to the Edge: a personal view - Alan Garner
Part II. The bedrock of the Edge - geology and geography
3. The geological story of Alderley Edge - David B. Thompson and Simon Timberlake
4. Rocks, minerals and landforms: an overview - Simon Timberlake
5. The solid geology of Alderley Edge - David B. Thompson, Geoffrey Warrington, John E. Pollard and John R. Nudds
6. The minerals of the Edge - David I. Green, Richard S.W. Braithwaite, David B. Thompson and Geoffrey Warrington
7. Geomorphology: The evolution of the landscape - Richard H. Johnson and David B. Thompson
Part III. Natural history - the flora and fauna
8. The natural history of Alderley: an introduction - A.J.N.W. Prag with Sean R. Edwards, Simon Timberlake and Laurence Cook
9. The vegetation of the Edge - Sean R. Edwards, Simon Timberlake and Jonathan Guest
10. The trees of Alderley Edge - Simon Timberlake and Sean R. Edwards
11. The birds of Alderley Edge - Jonathan Guest, M.V. Hounsome and Edward Stanley with John Adams, Alan Straw and Henry McGhie
12. Alderley Edge pondlife - Jonathan Guest and Jill Smethurst
13. The insects and other invertebrates of Alderley Edge - Dmitri V. Logunov and Roger L. H. Dennis
Part IV. Human history - archaeology and underground
14. The archaeology of Alderley Edge - A. J. N. W. Prag and Simon Timberlake
15. Early mining: the evidence before 1598 - Simon Timberlake
16. Mining in the Alderley district: the documented period - Geoffrey Warrington
17. Working the mines at Alderley Edge: a contemporary perspective - Nigel Dibben
18. The quarries of Alderley Edge - Nigel Dibben (based on an original text by Simon Timberlake, Tom Burke and Clare Pye)
Part V. Human history - overground: the social history
19. The history of Alderley Edge - Clare Pye
20. The Archive - Jean Wearne
21. Living memory: the people of the Edge - John L. Ecclestone
22. The graffiti on stone and wood - Carolanne King, Clare Pye, Nigel Dibben, Simon Timberlake and Alan Garner
23. Alderley Edge: the villas and the village - Matthew Hyde
24. The Stanley Estate - Matthew Hyde
25. Nether Alderley mill: a historical and architectural study - Mike Redfern
26. Crossing the Edge - Clare Pye with Simon Timberlake and Carolanne King
27. Round the ragged edge: recumbent rocks and standing stones - Jeremy Milln and John Adams
28. Alderley: the names of street, house and field - J. S. Adams
Part VI. Looking back, looking forward
29. Close to the Edge - ensuring the future of the Edge for everyone - Christopher Widger
30. By Seven Firs and Goldenstone: an account of the Legend of Alderley - Alan Garner
31. Envoi - A. J. N. W. Prag
Appendices
Glossaries
References
Index - Compiled by Simon Timberlake