Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county and urban region in North West England. It was created in 1974 from the city and associated towns that had formerly been in Lancashire, plus a few lying south of the River Mersey that had been in Cheshire.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Manchester and Bolton.
Manchester
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Manchester is a vibrant, post-industrial gem at the heart of North West England. The city that used to be nicknamed 'Cottonopolis' has hung up its clogs and, thanks to successive regeneration projects, is now a major centre for culture and commerce; seen by many as the capital of the north of England, and sometimes regarded as England's second city.
Bolton
Bolton is a large town in Greater Manchester in the North-West of England, 17 miles north of Manchester city centre. It celebrates its industrial heritage of canals, coal, cotton, and railways.
Oldham
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Oldham is a former textile town in Greater Manchester, 7 miles northeast of city centre in the foothills of the Pennines. The main reason to visit is to explore the villages and valleys leading into the Pennines. In 2011 the population was over 96,000.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Wigan and Stockport.
Wigan
Wigan is an industrial town in Greater Manchester in the north of England. It's 17 miles northwest of central Manchester and until 1974 was part of Lancashire. In 2019 the population was 108,000.
Stockport
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Stockport is a town in the south east of Greater Manchester, historically in Cheshire, at the point where the rivers Tame and Goyt combine to form the Mersey.
Salford
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Salford is a city in Greater Manchester in northwest England, with a population of 130,000 in 2021. It's separated from the City of Manchester by a loop of the River Irwell. Its biggest attraction is the Quays, but this area is described on a separate page.
Rochdale
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Rochdale is a town in Greater Manchester in the North West of England. Its Victorian era town hall is widely recognized as being one of the finest municipal buildings in the country.
Bury
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Bury is a town and borough in Greater Manchester, in the North West of England, ten miles north of central Manchester. Bury is a former mill town known for manufacturing textiles.
Altrincham
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Altrincham is a town in Greater Manchester in the northwest of England. It was a small market town until the 18th century, then industrialised with the coming of the Bridgewater Canal and later the railway.
Sale
Sale is a small town in Greater Manchester, five miles southwest of city centre. It was a market town in Cheshire which became industrial in the 18th century, and in 1974 became part of the Borough of Trafford, along with nearby Altrincham and Stretford.
Tameside
Tameside is a borough on the east side of Greater Manchester, with Ashton-under-Lyne its main town. There are over 300 listed buildings in Tameside and three Scheduled Ancient Monuments, including Buckton Castle. In 2019 the population was 226,000.
Greater Manchester
- Type: Region with 2,780,000 residents
- Description: metropolitan county in North West England
- Also known as: “Ceremonial County Greater Manchester” and “Great Manchester”
- Neighbors: Cheshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire, Merseyside, and West Yorkshire
- Categories: ceremonial county of England and metropolitan county
- Location: North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Greater Manchester” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Groter Manchester”
- Afrikaans: “Groter-Manchester”
- Arabic: “مانشستر الكبرى”
- Aragonese: “Gran Manchester”
- Armenian: “Մեծ Մանչեսթեր”
- Asturian: “Gran Mánchester”
- Azerbaijani: “Böyük Mançester qraflığı”
- Azerbaijani: “Böyük Mançester”
- Balinese: “Manchester Raya”
- Basque: “Manchester Handia”
- Belarusian: “Вялікі Манчэстэр”
- Bengali: “গ্রেটার ম্যানচেস্টার”
- Bengali: “বৃহত্তর ম্যানচেস্টার”
- Breton: “Manchester Veur”
- Bulgarian: “Голям Манчестър”
- Catalan: “Gran Manchester”
- Cebuano: “Greater Manchester”
- Chinese: “Toā Manchester”
- Chinese: “大曼彻斯特郡”
- Chinese: “大曼徹斯特”
- Chinese: “大曼徹斯特郡”
- Chuvash: “Мăн Манчестер”
- Czech: “Velký Manchester”
- Danish: “Greater Manchester”
- Dutch: “Greater Manchester”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مانشستر الكبرى”
- Esperanto: “Granda Manĉestro”
- Esperanto: “Greater Manchester”
- Estonian: “Suur-Manchester”
- Finnish: “Suur-Manchester”
- French: “Grand Manchester”
- Galician: “Gran Manchester”
- German: “Greater Manchester”
- Greek: “Μείζον Μάντσεστερ”
- Gujarati: “ગ્રેટર માન્ચેસ્ટર”
- Hakka Chinese: “Thai Manchester”
- Hebrew: “מנצ’סטר רבתי”
- Hindi: “ग्रेटर मैनचेस्टर”
- Hungarian: “Greater Manchester”
- Icelandic: “Stórborgarsvæðið Manchester”
- Indonesian: “Greater Manchester”
- Indonesian: “Manchester Rayа”
- Irish: “Manchain Mhór”
- Irish: “Mórcheantar Mhanchain”
- Italian: “Grande Manchester”
- Italian: “Greater Manchester”
- Japanese: “グレーター・マンチェスター”
- Kannada: “ಗ್ರೇಟರ್ ಮ್ಯಾಂಚೆಸ್ಟರ್”
- Kashmiri: “گرٛیٹَر مانچِسٹَر”
- Kazakh: “Үлкен Манчестер”
- Korean: “그레이터맨체스터 주”
- Korean: “그레이터맨체스터주”
- Ladin: “Greater Manchester”
- Latin: “Mancunium Maius”
- Latvian: “Lielā Mančestra”
- Lithuanian: “Didysis Mančesteris”
- Luxembourgish: “Greater Manchester”
- Macedonian: “Голем Манчестер”
- Malay: “Manchester Raya”
- Manx: “Manchuin Vooar”
- Marathi: “ग्रेटर मँचेस्टर”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Toā Manchester”
- Mirandese: “Grande Manchester”
- Nepali: “विशाल म्यान्चेस्टर”
- Northern Frisian: “Greater Manchester”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Stor-Manchester”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Stor-Manchester”
- Norwegian: “Stor-Manchester”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Grand Manchester”
- Ossetian: “Стыр Манчестер”
- Panjabi: “ਗ੍ਰੇਟਰ ਮਾਨਚੈਸਟਰ”
- Panjabi: “ਗ੍ਰੇਟਰ ਮੈਨਚੇਸਟਰ”
- Persian: “منچستر بزرگ”
- Polish: “Greater Manchester”
- Polish: “Wielki Manchester”
- Portuguese: “Grande Manchester”
- Romanian: “Greater Manchester”
- Russian: “Большой Манчестер”
- Scots: “Greater Manchester”
- Serbian: “Шири Манчестер”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Greater Manchester”
- Slovak: “Veľký Manchester”
- Slovenian: “Greater Manchester”
- Spanish: “Gran Manchester”
- Spanish: “Gran Mánchester”
- Swedish: “Greater Manchester”
- Swedish: “Stormanchester”
- Tajik: “Манчестери Бузург”
- Tamil: “கிரேட்டர் மான்செஸ்டர்”
- Tatar: “Зур Манчестер”
- Telugu: “గ్రేటర్ మాంచెస్టర్”
- Thai: “เกรเทอร์แมนเชสเตอร์”
- Turkish: “Greater Manchester”
- Ukrainian: “Великий Манчестер”
- Urdu: “مانچسٹر عظمی”
- Venetian: “Grande Manchester”
- Vietnamese: “Đại Manchester”
- Vlaams: “Greater Manchester”
- Volapük: “Greater Manchester”
- Waray (Philippines): “Gran Manchester”
- Welsh: “Manceinion Fwyaf”
- Western Panjabi: “وڈا مانچسٹر”
- Wu Chinese: “大曼彻斯特郡”
- Yiddish: “גרויס-מאנטשעסטער”
- Yiddish: “גרויס־מאנטשטסטער”
- Yue Chinese: “大曼徹斯特”
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