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Manchester (city, England), city and metropolitan district, North-Western England. It was once a port, connected by the Manchester Ship Canal (completed 1894) to Eastham on the River Mersey and formerly accessible to ocean-going vessels. It is a major industrial, cultural, and educational centre. The City of Manchester has a population of 441,200, while the wider Greater Manchester Urban Area has a population of 2,240,230, making it England's third largest conurbation after Greater London and the West Midlands (2005).

Altrincham

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This category includes sites related to the town of Altrincham, Manchester, UK.

Altrincham is situated south of Manchester in the Borough of Trafford. It has a population of approximately 40,000.

Arts and Entertainment

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This category includes sites about artistic, cultural and entertainment activities, events, institutions, businesses and organisations.

Ashton-in-Makerfield

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Ashton-in-Makerfield is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan with a population of approximately 28,000.

The town was originally known as Ashton-in-the-Willows. The preserved hand of Saint Edmund Arrowsmith can be seen in St Oswald's Church.

Ashton under Lyne

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Lying under the Pennine hills, Ashton is the location of the administrative centre for the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside and has a total population of 43,236.

Astley

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This category includes sites related to the town of Astley, Manchester, UK.

Astley is a commuter town located in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan.

Atherton

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Atherton is a town located in the Wigan Metropolitan Borough. It was originally known as Chowbent. The town has an industrial history which included milling, mining and bolt manufacturing.

Bolton

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Bolton is the largest town in the Bolton Metropolitan Borough. It is also the second largest town in the UK with a population of approximately 280,000.

Bolton Metropolitan Borough

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Named after its largest town Bolton, but covers a far larger area including six smaller towns and a number of villages around the West Pennine Moors.

Bramhall

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This category includes sites related to the village of Bramhall, Manchester, UK.

Bramhall is a large village located in the Stockport Borough. It has a population of about 42,000. The village is listed in the Doomsday book as 'Bramale'. The Ladybrook River runs through the area.

Bredbury

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This category includes sites related to Bredbury, Manchester, UK.

Bredbury is located in the Stockport Borough.

Bury

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This category includes sites related to Bury, Manchester, UK.

Bury is a town located between Bolton and Rochdale, just west of the M66. It is the largest town in the Bury Metropolitan Borough.

Bury Metropolitan Borough

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Lying to the north of the City of Manchester, the borough consists of six towns: Bury, Ramsbottom, Tottington, Radcliffe, Whitefield and Prestwich, and has a population of 181,900.

Business and Economy

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This category includes sites covering business and economic activities, including listings of most companies and industries.

Carrington

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Carrington is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester. The village is west of the Manchester conurbation, and is the site of large gas and chemical works, which produces gases by fractional distillation of liquid air. It used to be the site of Shell Petrochemicals who produced polyethene and polystyrene.

Chadderton

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This category includes sites related to Chadderton, Manchester, UK.

Chadderton is a town located in the Borough of Oldham. It features an Andrew Carnegie library.

Cheadle

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Cheadle is a small town in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport in Greater Manchester. Its neighbours include Cheadle Hulme and Bramhall.

Cheadle Hulme

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Cheadle Hulme is a suburban area located in the south of Greater Manchester. Historically a part of Cheshire, it now forms part of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport.

Chorlton

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Chorlton-cum-Hardy is a suburb of Manchester, in North West England, known locally as just Chorlton. It is situated about three miles south west of Manchester city centre.

City of Manchester

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The City of Manchester is one of the ten metropolitan unitary authorities which now make up the ceremonial county of Greater Manchester.

Compstall

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For sites in or about the village of Compstall, Greater Manchester.

Delph

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Delph is a village in Saddleworth, in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester.

Denton

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Denton is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester. It is six miles from Manchester City Centre, and has a population of 34,280.

Didsbury

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Didsbury is a suburb of Manchester. It is situated about 6 miles south of the city centre. It lies south of Withington, near the traditional border of Lancashire and Cheshire.

Diggle

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This category deals with Diggle.

Dobcross

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This category deals with Dobcross.

Droylsden

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Droylsden is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester with a population of 23,172 people.

Dukinfield

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This category includes sites about Dukinfield, Manchester, UK.

Eccles

Please limit submissions to sites based in, or relating solely to the ex-Borough of Eccles (Eccles, Barton-on-Irwell, Monton and Winton) in Salford, Greater Manchester.

Please note that there are many other towns and villages called Eccles in the UK and US.

Eccles is a town and at one time was a municipal borough, covering the villages of Monton, Barton-on-Irwell and Winton. It is still used to denote this wider area, although from a local government point of view, in now comes under the local authority control of Salford.

Education

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Includes local educational institutions, programmes and opportunities; as well as other location specific educational resources.

Failsworth

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For sites in or about Failsworth.

Farnworth

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This category deals with Farnworth.

Gatley

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For sites about or in Gatley, suburb of Stockport.

Gorton

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Gorton is a district of the City of Manchester. It is located to the south-east of Manchester city centre.

Government

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This category includes sites about local government, policing, judicial system, taxation and the military.

Greenfield

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For sites in or about Greenfield, Saddleworth.

Guides and Directories

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This category includes general interest on-line guides and on-line directories specific to the area.

Hale

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Please note that this is for Hale, near Altrincham and NOT Hale village near Liverpool.

This category deals with Hale.

Hazel Grove

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This category includes sites relating to Hazel Grove, Manchester, UK.

Hazel Grove is located in the Stockport Borough, approximately 3 miles south-east of Stockport.

Heald Green

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Heald Green is a ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport. Heald Green is in the parliamentary constituency of Cheadle.

Health

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This category includes health and medical resources.

Heywood

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For sites in or about the town of Heywood.

High Lane

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This category deals with High Lane.

Hindley

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Hindley is a small town three miles to the east of the centre of Wigan in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester. Covering 1044 hectares and lying within the historic county boundaries of Lancashire, Hindley borders the towns of Ince-in-Makerfield, Leigh and Westhoughton, and has a population of 23,457.

Horwich

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For sites in or about the town of Horwich.

Hyde

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Hyde is a town in Greater Manchester. Historically part of Cheshire, Hyde has a population of 31,253 (2001 census).

Kearsley

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For sites in or about Kearsley, Greater Manchester.

Leigh

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This category includes sites related to Leigh, Greater Manchester, UK.

Leigh is a town situated north of the East Lancashire road that runs between Manchester and Liverpool. Approximately 10 miles south of Wigan, it is the second largest town in the Wigan Metropolitan Borough.

Marple

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Marple is a small town in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport. It is officially located in the southern area of Greater Manchester, although most of its residents still consider it to be part of the county of Cheshire.

Middleton

Intended for sites with a physical presence in Middleton, Greater Manchester.

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News and Media

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This category contains links to local media. Newspapers, magazines, underground publications, independent publications, television stations and radio stations.

Northenden

For sites in or about Northenden, a suburb of South Manchester.

Oldham

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This category includes sites related to Oldham, Manchester, UK.

Oldham is a town located on the north-eastern edge of Greater Manchester. It is the largest town in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham. It is traditionally considered part of Lancashire.

Winston Churchill was elected Oldham member of Parliament in 1900. He held the position until 1904.

Oldham Borough

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It is named after its largest town, Oldham, but covers a far larger area of some 55 square miles,[1] which includes the towns of Chadderton, Failsworth, Lees, Royton, and Shaw and Crompton. The borough also covers the Saddleworth area. The seven areas which together make the borough, are the basis for the civic logo, which has seven distinct squares.

Prestwich

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For sites in or or about Prestwich.

Radcliffe

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This category deals with Radcliffe.

Ramsbottom

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This category deals with Ramsbottom.

Recreation and Sports

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This category includes sites about hobbies, sports and participatory recreational activities including local recreation organisations, services, facilities and events.

Reddish

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This category includes sites related to Reddish, Manchester, UK.

Reddish is located in the Stockport Borough.

Rochdale

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This category includes sites related to Rochdale, Manchester, UK.

Rochdale is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, with a population of approximately 95,000. The name comes from the towns location on the River Roch at the edge of Pennines.

Rochdale Metropolitan Borough

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Rochdale is a metropolitan borough within Greater Manchester in North West England.

Romiley

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Small town between Marple and Bredbury in the Borough of Stockport.

Saddleworth

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This category deals with Saddleworth.

Sale

For sites about or located in Sale, Manchester. Part of the Trafford Borough.

Salford

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This category includes sites related to Salford, Manchester, UK.

Salford has a population of approximately 220,000. The River Irwell runs through the city. Historically it was part of the hundred of Salford (Salfordshire), an ancient division of the county of Lancashire.

Salford City

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The city's eastern boundary separates Salford from the City of Manchester. The central districts of the two cities are divided by the River Irwell. With neighbouring towns Salford forms the metropolitan borough of the City of Salford. At the 2001 census the metropolitan borough had a population of 216,103 whilst Salford itself had a population of 72,750.

Science and Environment

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This category includes sites about the local area's geography, natural environment and wildlife. It also contains sites about local activities, events, institutions and organisations related to science and the environment.

Society and Culture

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This category includes sites that reflect the make up of the community: its people, its history, and resources and institutions that serve the people, such as social service organisations.

Stalybridge

For sites in or about the town

Stockport

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This category includes sites related to Stockport, Manchester, UK.

Stockport is one of the largest towns in the UK with a population of approximately 285,000. It is governed by the Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council.

Originally a Saxon village, the town grew rapidly during the industrial revolution due to its proximity to Manchester.

Stockport Borough

Sites relating to a particular town or village in the Stockport area should be submitted to the correct locality. Only sites that cover the whole area or more than one place within it, will be listed in this category.

For sites relating to or based in the district around Stockport including Cheadle, Cheadle Hulme, Bramhall, Hazel Grove, Marple, Romiley, Bredbury, Reddish, Heaton Moor and the town itself.

Stretford

Stretford is a town in Trafford Metropolitan Borough, Greater Manchester, UK. It neighbours Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Urmston, Old Trafford, and Sale.

Swinton

For websites based in or about Swinton, Greater Manchester.

Tameside

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For sites in or about the borough of Tameside.

Timperley

For sites in or about the village of Timperley.

Trafford Borough

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For sites that cover the borough of Trafford, Manchester.

Transport

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This category includes sites providing area transport resources for those travelling to and from, and within the region.

Travel and Tourism

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This category includes sites for attractions and resources for those travelling in the area, including tourist guides.

Tyldesley

For sites in or about Tyldesley, Greater Manchester.

Uppermill

For sites in our about Uppermill.

Urmston

For sites in or about Urmston. Part of Trafford Borough.

Walkden

Walkden is a community on the edge of the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, UK.

Walshaw

Intended for business related sites with a physical presence in Walshaw

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Westhoughton

For sites in or about the town of Westhoughton, Greater Manchester.

Wigan

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This category includes sites related to Wigan, Manchester, UK.

Wigan is the largest town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, with a population of approximately 90,000.

The town was an important centre for coal mining and cotton textile production during the industrial revolution.

Wigan Metropolitan Borough

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Wigan is a metropolitan borough within Greater Manchester, in North West England.

Worsley

For sites in or about Worsley.

Wythenshawe

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