Greater Manchester Map - 112 x 165 cm

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Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in the northwest of England. It consists of 10 local authority districts each with a town hall or civic centre. HM Treasury (17 July 2007). "Sub-national economic development and regeneration review". hm-treasury.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 15 December 2007 . Retrieved 2 March 2014. Watson, Alex (14 April 2020). "The mysterious tale of the parrots of South Manchester". propermanchester.com . Retrieved 1 August 2023. Devon Wildlife Trust. "Species – Cottongrass, common". devonwildlifetrust.org. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015 . Retrieved 7 September 2012. Roue, Lucy (27 November 2014). "200 staff to undergo consultation process at Co-operative's Manchester head office One Angel Square". manchestereveningnews.co.uk. Archived from the original on 19 February 2015 . Retrieved 18 December 2014.

The centre and south-west of Greater Manchester are lowlands, similar to the West Lancashire Coastal Plain to the north-west and the Cheshire Plain to the south-west. The north and east are part of the Pennines: the West Pennine Moors in the northwest, the South Pennines in the northeast and the Peak District in the east. Most of the county's rivers rise in the Pennines and are tributaries of the Mersey and Irwell, the latter of which is itself a tributary of the Mersey. The county is connected to the Mersey Estuary by the Manchester Ship Canal, which for its entire length within Greater Manchester consists of canalised sections of the Mersey and Irwell. Following the Transport Act 1968, in 1969 the SELNEC Passenger Transport Executive (an authority to co-ordinate and operate public transport in the region) was set up, covering an area smaller than the proposed Selnec, and different again to the eventual Greater Manchester. Compared with the Redcliffe-Maud area, it excluded Macclesfield, Warrington, and Knutsford but included Glossop and Saddleworth in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It excluded Wigan, which was both in the Redcliffe-Maud area and in the eventual Greater Manchester (but had not been part of the 1958 act's review area). [35] Manchester tops second city poll". BBC. 10 February 2007. Archived from the original on 14 September 2007 . Retrieved 5 January 2010. Plan to end rail and road misery". The Bolton News. 31 March 2010. Archived from the original on 14 July 2017 . Retrieved 15 November 2021.Exodus: The Facts". can.uk.com. 2003. Archived from the original on 4 February 2008 . Retrieved 2 March 2014.

Following requests by the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities, which was superseded by the GMCA, [79] [80] [81] the new authority was created on 1 April 2011. [82] On the same day, the Transport for Greater Manchester Committee was also formed from a pool of 33 councillors allocated by council population (roughly one councillor per 75,000 residents) to scrutinise the running of Greater Manchester's transport bodies and their finances, approve the decisions and policies of said bodies and form Greater Manchester Athletics Association". greatermanchesteraa.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1 July 2011 . Retrieved 4 May 2011. Soccer Team Valuations No.1 Manchester United". Forbes. 30 April 2008. Archived from the original on 3 May 2008 . Retrieved 2 May 2008. Traffic Congestion charging: FAQs". BBC Manchester. Archived from the original on 18 February 2007 . Retrieved 26 November 2007. Salford City Council (February 2012). "Salford Infrastructure Delivery Plan" (PDF). salford.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 May 2013 . Retrieved 22 January 2013.

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HM Treasury and The Rt Hon George Osborne MP (3 November 2014). "Manchester to get directly elected Mayor". gov.uk. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014 . Retrieved 5 December 2014. a b "State of the City Report 2006/2007" (PDF). manchester.gov.uk. September 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 January 2008 . Retrieved 2 March 2014.

The areas that were incorporated into Greater Manchester in 1974 previously formed parts of the administrative counties of Cheshire, Lancashire, the West Riding of Yorkshire and of eight independent county boroughs. [41] By the early 1970s, this system of demarcation was described as "archaic" and "grossly inadequate to keep pace both with the impact of motor travel, and with the huge increases in local government responsibilities". [44] a b c d Association of Greater Manchester Authorities (March 2010). "Greater Manchester Combined Authority Final Scheme" (PDF). agma.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2010 . Retrieved 30 March 2010. Office for National Statistics (17 September 2004). "Beginners' Guide to UK Geography: Metropolitan Counties and Districts". ons.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016 . Retrieved 8 August 2013. See also: List of companies based in Greater Manchester and Economy of Manchester Oldham, painted during the Industrial Revolution by J. H. Carse. Many towns in Greater Manchester were built around the mills. The Trafford Centre in Trafford is one of the largest shopping centres in the United Kingdom. Icy conditions hit the UK after days of heavy snow". BBC News. 7 January 2010. Archived from the original on 20 February 2023 . Retrieved 7 January 2010.a b c d Visit Manchester. "Greater Manchester local delicacies". visitmanchester.com. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013 . Retrieved 27 September 2012. Adrian Morris. "Roman Wigan". Wigan Archaeological Society. Archived from the original on 18 February 2012 . Retrieved 10 July 2008. Williams, Jennifer (5 May 2017). "Andy Burnham elected as Greater Manchester's mayor". Manchester Evening News. Archived from the original on 12 March 2018 . Retrieved 12 March 2018. Greater Manchester Local Transport Plan". gmltp.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011 . Retrieved 12 December 2006.

TfGM; GMCA (2011). Greater Manchester's third Local Transport Plan 2011/12 – 2015/16 (PDF). Transport for Greater Manchester. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Appendix J River Mersey Case Study Report". The Countryside Agency. Archived from the original ( DOC) on 27 September 2007 . Retrieved 27 April 2007. Begum, Shelina (14 November 2013). "Co-op's headquarters declared greenest building in the world". manchestereveningnews.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2015. The SELNEC Preservation Society. "The Formation of the SELNEC PTE". selnec.org.uk. Archived from the original on 20 August 2008 . Retrieved 6 July 2008. Taylor, Paul (9 September 2004). "How city's pride fell to big business". Manchester Evening News. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012.Welcome to the Diocese of Liverpool". liverpool.anglican.org. Archived from the original on 24 February 2008 . Retrieved 1 February 2008. The Local Government Act 1972 reformed local government in England, with the act enacted on the 1 April 1974. The area was given the name Greater Manchester and a metropolitan county designation. This was a two-tier counties and districts system. [40] The act formally , [45] although Greater Manchester County Council (GMCC) had been running since elections in 1973. [46] The leading article in The Times on the day the Local Government Act came into effect noted that the "new arrangement is a compromise which seeks to reconcile familiar geography which commands a certain amount of affection and loyalty, with the scale of operations on which modern planning methods can work effectively". [47] Frangopulo noted that the creation of Greater Manchester "was the official unifying of a region which, through history and tradition, had forged for itself over many centuries bonds... between the communities of town and village, each of which was the embodiment of the character of this region". [48] The name Greater Manchester was adopted, having been favoured over Selnec following public consultation, [49] despite opposition claiming that "Greater Manchester [...] is a myth. An abomination. A travesty.". [50] A Framework for City Regions Working Paper" (PDF). Newcastle University UK. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2016 . Retrieved 16 April 2015. Manchester city region– Economic Overview". investinmanchester.com. Archived from the original on 21 March 2008 . Retrieved 2 March 2014.