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• Cheshire
  |picture=Big Mere and church at Marbury - geograph.org.uk - 205379.jpg ...rth encompasses industrial towns and the suburbs from [[Manchester]] and [[Liverpool]], fading into the agricultural south of the county. The City of Chester re
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• Blackpool
  |picture caption=Blackpool Tower and beach |constituency=Blackpool North and Cleveleys<br>Blackpool South
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• Lancaster Canal
  ...as never completed, and much of the southern end leased to the [[Leeds and Liverpool Canal]], of which it is now generally considered part. ...on's Hillock to Wigan Top Lock, remains navigable as part of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. The planned continuation to Westhoughton was never built.
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• Somerset
  ...om the [[River Avon, Somerset|Avon]] to the borders of [[Devon]] on Exmoor and deep inland blessed with rich farmland. ...etween them, while in the north are found the Georgian glories of [[Bath]] and the southern half of the great city of [[Bristol]].
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• Yorkshire
  ...am]], [[Derbyshire|Derby]], [[Cheshire|Chester]], [[Lancashire|Lancaster]] and [[Westmorland]]. The [[county top]] is [[Mickle Fell]] at 2,585 ft. ..., [[Harthill Wapentake|Harthill]], [[Holderness]], [[Howdenshire]], [[Ouse and Derwent]].
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• Manchester
  | name = Manchester | picture = Montage of Manchester 2012.jpg
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• Leeds
  ...ntre for business, legal, and financial services in Britain outside London and according to the recent Office for National Statistics estimates, it is the ...ages to become by the opening of the 20th century a populous urban centre, and now a major regional city.
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• Liverpool
  | name = Liverpool | picture = Liverpool Montage.jpg
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• Rainford
  Rainford lies on a fertile agricultural plain and is effectively an urban island surrounded by large scale farming, mainly ar ...Rainford Junction, a smaller settlement which has grown up around Rainford railway station. The two parts of the village are separated by a band of farmland,
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• Crewe
  |constituency=Crewe and Nantwich ...s a large railway junction and home to Crewe Works, for many years a major railway engineering facility, but now much reduced in size. From 1946 until 2002 it
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• Runcorn
  ...]] in [[Lancashire]], and downstream 16 miles to the west is the city of [[Liverpool]]. ...ew town was built to the east of the existing town in the 1960s and 1970s, and farther to the east, areas of private housing have been established; this h
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• Walsall
  ...nd east of [[Wolverhampton]], and within the conurbation which joins these and the Black Country towns together. ...ty of a thousand trades".) It has historically been a manufacturing town, and was particularly known for leatherwork. (Walsall FC are known as "The Sadd
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• Hartlepool
  '''Hartlepool''' is a town and port in [[County Durham]] standing on the north bank of the [[River Tees]]. ...which served as the official port of the County Palatine of [[Durham]]. A railway link from the north was established from the South Durham coal fields to th
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• Garston, Lancashire
  |post town=Liverpool |LG district=Liverpool
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• Bristol
  ...ding urban zone, Bristol is the United Kingdom's eighth most populous city and by far the most populous city in south-western England. ...nked amongst the top three English cities after London, alongside [[York]] and [[Norwich]], on the basis of tax receipts,<ref>
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• Pennines
  ...h rise the [[Cheviots]]. The Pennines form the watershed between the west and the east. ...er Eden|Eden Valley]] but fill the eastern acres of both of those counties and much of [[County Durham]].
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• Preston
  |constituency=Preston, Wyre and Preston North ...name Preston is derived from Old English words meaning "Priest settlement" and in the ''[[Domesday Book]]'' appears as "Prestune".
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• Warrington
  ...owley. It lies 16 miles east of [[Liverpool]], 19 miles west of Manchester and eight miles south of [[St Helens]]. The population of the town is 80,661. I ...market town at a bridging point of the river. A local tradition of textile and tool production dates from this time.
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• Bolton
  ...Close to the West Pennine Moors, it is 10 miles northwest of the city of [[Manchester]]. The town of Bolton has a population of 139,403,<ref name=TownsTablePop>{ ...what became known as the Bolton Massacre, 1,600&nbsp;residents were killed and 700 were taken prisoner.
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• River Mersey
  ...pool waterfront from Birkenhead 300809.JPG|right|thumb|300px|The Mersey at Liverpool]] ...miles long, beginning in [[Stockport]], [[Cheshire]], and discharging in [[Liverpool Bay]] in the [[Irish Sea]].
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• Blackburn
  ...ine miles east of the city of [[Preston]], 27 miles north of the city of [[Manchester]]. To the south of Blackburn is [[Darwen]]. ...tile manufacturing. Blackburn was a boomtown of the Industrial Revolution, and amongst the first industrialised towns in the world.
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• Belfast International Airport
  ...base is now known as Joint Helicopter Command Flying Station, Aldergrove, and both runways are now owned by the airport. ...on 2011. Belfast International is the busiest airport in Northern Ireland and the busiest airport on the island of [[Ireland]] in terms of passenger numb
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• Hartford, Cheshire
  |LG district=Cheshire West and Chester ...re sweetly-named the villages of [[Weaverham]], [[Davenham]], [[Winsford]] and [[Cuddington, Cheshire|Cuddington]].
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• River Etherow
  The '''River Etherow''' is a border river of [[Cheshire]] and [[Derbyshire]]. A river of the [[Peak District]], it is ultimately a tribu The Etherow is 19 miles long and drains a basin of some 30 square miles.
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• Stansted Airport
  ...nal, which is opposite the main terminal building and handles private jets and some state visits. ...perates five other UK airports,<ref>[http://www.baa.com/ UK airports owned and operated by BAA]</ref> However, in March 2009, the UK Competition Commissio
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• Southport
  ...ide resort town in [[Lancashire]], found 16½ miles north of [[Liverpool]] and 15 miles southwest of [[Preston]], standing on the [[Irish Sea]] coast, fri ...tains examples of Victorian architecture and town planning, on Lord Street and elsewhere. A particular feature of the town is the extensive tree planting.
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• Burnley
  |picture=Town Hall, Manchester Road - geograph.org.uk - 1318508.jpg ...ston]], at the confluence of the [[River Calder, Lancashire|River Calder]] and [[River Brun]].
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• Newton-le-Willows
  ...nt town centre. Nevertheless, the original, Georgian town centre survives and thrives. ...iverpool]], 4 miles east of [[St Helens]], 5 miles north of [[Warrington]] and 7 miles south of [[Wigan]]. It is within the [[West Derby Hundred]].
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• Chorley
  ...e factories no long burn as once they did, its factory heritage is visible and industry has not wholly fled. The town is found 8 miles north of [[Wigan]] and 20 miles north-west of [[Manchester]].
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• Ellesmere Port
  |LG district=Cheshire West and Chester |constituency=Ellesmere Port and Neston
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• Whiston, Lancashire
  |constituency=St Helens South and Whiston ...toric Liverpool to Manchester Railway with services operating from Whiston Railway Station.
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• Lowton
  ...does appear to mean "Low town" (or "low village"), but it is now low down, and indeed is one of the highest places around, so "Low" may mean "hill" instea Byrom Manor, later to feature the ancestral home of the poet John Byrom and was constructed during the 18th century, is recorded as early as 1212,<ref
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• Leigh, Lancashire
  |picture caption=Leigh Parish Church and the Boar's Head ...[[Chat Moss]], four miles southeast of [[Wigan]], and 12½ miles west of [[Manchester]].
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• Wigan
  |picture=Wigan Pier and the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.jpg |picture caption=Wigan Pier on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal
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• Bury
  ...t of the city of [[Manchester]]. It is surrounded by several smaller towns and villages. ...its supply of a local traditional dish - black pudding, served hot or cold and can be eaten either as a takeaway snack, or more commonly as an accompanime
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• Sale
  |constituency=Altrincham and Sale West<br>Wythenshawe and Sale East ...]. The conurbation of south Lancashire towns spreads across into Cheshire and embraces Sale with it.
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• Manchester Ship Canal
  ...to take sea-going ships from the [[River Mersey]] inland to [[Manchester]] and [[Salford]]. ...the world, and Trafford Park, the world's first planned industrial estate and still the largest in Europe.
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• Garforth
  |constituency=Elmet and Rothwell '''Garforth''' is a village and ancient parish in the [[West Riding of Yorkshire|West Riding]] of [[Yorkshi
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• Leeds and Liverpool Canal
  [[File:Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Burscough.JPG|right|thumb|300px|Ainscoughs Mill in Burscough]] ...ol_Canal map]). Over a distance of 127 miles, it crosses the [[Pennines]], and includes 91 locks on the main line.
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• Frodsham
  |LG district=Cheshire West and Chester ...p;miles south of [[Liverpool]]. The [[River Weaver]] runs to its northeast and on the west it overlooks the estuary of the [[River Mersey]].
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• Middlewich
  |picture caption=St Michael and All Angels, across the Trent and Mersey Canal ...wns of the county, known as the "Cheshire wiches", along with [[Nantwich]] and [[Northwich]].
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• Widnes
  ...he Mersey bank are [[Warrington]], upstream and 8 miles to the east, and [[Liverpool]] downstream to the west. ..., 133.}}</ref> The town continues to be a major manufacturer of chemicals and there has been a degree of diversification of the town's industries.<ref na
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• Glossop
  ...town is in the hills, at between 500 and 1,000 feet above mean sea level, and promotes itself as "the gateway to the Peak District National Park". It had ...links to Manchester make it a popular town for commuters to [[Manchester]] and its surrounding towns.
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• Bagillt
  ...lintshire|Greenfield]] remain areas where unemployment, social deprivation and child poverty are key issues. North Wales Police ecorded that the overall c Community facilities include a few local shops, pubs and parkland.
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• Adlington, Lancashire
  ...dlington''' is a small town in [[Lancashire]], near the West Pennine Moors and the larger town of [[Chorley]]. It became a parish of itself in 1842 then g ...ellings include, in 1190 Edeluinton, in 1202 Adelventon, in 1246 Adelinton and, in 1288 Adlington.<ref>Mills (1998), p. 3</ref><ref>{{Citation | title=Adl
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• Barnoldswick
  |picture caption=Barnoldswick and Weets Hill ...ven]] and just outside the bounds of the [[Yorkshire Dales]] National Park and of the [[Forest of Bowland]] Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
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• Darwen
  |constituency=Rossendale and Darwen ...]], standing just south of [[Blackburn]]. It is known locally as "Darren", and its residents are known as "Darreners".
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• Eccles
  |constituency=Salford and Eccles |post town=Manchester
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• Fleetwood
  |picture=Fleetwood - Mar 2008 - Marine Hall and Gardens from the Mount.jpg |picture caption=Fleetwood&nbsp;— The Marine Hall and Gardens from the Mount
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• St Helens
  |constituency=St Helens North<br/>St Helens South and Whiston ...]], caught within the conurbation of south Lancashire towns centred upon [[Liverpool]]
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• Stalybridge
  |picture=Stalybridge towards Manchester.jpg |constituency=Stalybridge and Hyde
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• Kidsgrove
  ...of the county which unites [[Stoke-on-Trent]] and [[Newcastle-under-Lyme]] and any village unlucky enough to get in their way. Kidsgrove had a population ...centre, bank and supermarket. Market Street has smaller shops, restaurants and lots of take-aways.
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• Penkridge
  |picture=Village Green and St. Michael's Church, Penkridge - geograph.org.uk - 858550.jpg |picture caption=Village Green and St Michael's, Penkridge
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• Orford, Lancashire
  ...ord Green. ‘Orford’ now describes a large area between the town centre and the [[M62 motorway|M62]], incorporating other small communities, such as Lo ...land between the park and Winwick Road a £30m project providing community and sporting facilities opened in May 2012 as Jubilee Park.
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• Birmingham Airport
  ...]. The airport is a base for Flybe, Monarch, Ryanair, Thomas Cook Airlines and Thomson Airways. ...to destinations in Europe, the Middle East, Pakistan, India, North America and the Caribbean. After handling a record 9.6 million passengers in 2008, pass
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• National Cycle Network
  [[File:Bristol-Bath Cyclepath 08.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The Bristol & Bath Railway Path]] ...d railways, minor roads, canal towpaths and traffic-calmed routes in towns and cities.
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• Huddersfield Narrow Canal
  ...r-Lyne]], [[Lancashire]]. It crosses the [[Pennines]] by means of 74 locks and the Standedge Tunnel. ...the Pennines, the others being the [[Rochdale Canal]] and the [[Leeds and Liverpool Canal]], both broad canals.
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• Bridgewater Canal
  ...from Worsley to Manchester, and later extended from Manchester to Runcorn, and then from Worsley to Leigh. ...anal]] at [[Preston Brook]], south-east of Runcorn; and to the [[Leeds and Liverpool Canal]] at Leigh. It once connected with the [[River Mersey]] at Runcorn bu
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• Rhosllannerchrugog
  '''Rhosllannerchrugog''' is a large village and parish to the south-west of [[Wrexham]] in [[Denbighshire]]. The village lies within the ancient parish of [[Ruabon]] and the district was referred to as '''Morton Above''' (i.e. Morton, or moor to
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• M6 motorway
  ...], [[Liverpool]], [[Manchester]], [[Preston]], [[Lancaster]], [[Carlisle]] and terminating at the [[Gretna]] junction (J45). Here, just short of the [[Dum ...of England. It is also part of the east−west route between the Midlands and the east-coast ports.
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• Formby
  | post town= Liverpool '''Formby''' is a seaside town and parish in Lancashire. It has a population of approximately 25,000.
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• Helsby
  |LG district=Cheshire West and Chester ...commuters as a residential area, due to its links to the [[M56 motorway]] and rail networks.
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• Bredbury
  ...south-west of [[Hyde, Cheshire|Hyde]]. It is eight miles south-east of [[Manchester]]. At the 2001 census it had a population of 15,126. ...istrict]] between the valleys of the [[River Tame, Lancashire|River Tame]] and [[River Goyt]], headwaters of the [[River Mersey]].
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• Cheadle Hulme
  |picture caption=Part of the seven arches railway viaduct on Ladybridge Road ...miles southwest of [[Stockport]] and 7½ miles south-east of the city of [[Manchester]].
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• Gatley
  |picture=War memorial and clocktower at Gatley, Cheshire - geograph-2621638.jpg |picture caption=The war memorial and clocktower at Gatley
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• Belgrave Hall
  ...the cityscape of [[Leicester]].<ref>{{NHLE|1074030|Belgrave Hall, railings and gates in front of Belgrave Hall, Church Road}}</ref> Once a prosperous merc ...omas Morley for 13 years. In 1936 it was bought by Leicester City Council, and has been a museum ever since.
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• Shropshire Union Canal
  ...rth Wales. The canal has wider branches known as the [[Llangollen Canal]] and the [[Montgomery Canal]], all part of the same system. ...ountry]], joining at [[Wolverhampton]], and the [[River Mersey]] and the [[Manchester Ship Canal]] at [[Ellesmere Port]], Cheshire, 66 miles distant.
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• Bletchley Park
  ...communications of the Axis Powers, and most importantly the German Enigma and Lorenz ciphers. Today the house is preserved as a museum and educational centre, primarily to the work of the codebreakers of Bletchley.
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• M62 motorway
  ...les shares its route with the [[M60 motorway|M60 orbital motorway]] around Manchester.
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• Pencader
  |constituency=Carmarthen East and Dinefwr ...2011}}</ref> It is located around three miles south-east of [[Llandysul]] and six miles south-west of [[Llanybydder]].
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• Ramsbottom
  ...bottom, its industrial heritage, including the [[East Lancashire Railway]] and the beautiful Pennine landscape contribute to heritage tourism in the town. ...ld English: 'Bottom' means just that (the Old English word being ''botm'') and refers in this case to the valley bottom. The prefix may be from ''ramm''
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• Woodhead Tunnels
  ...tals of the tunnels are at [[Woodhead, Cheshire|Woodhead]] in [[Cheshire]] and the eastern portals are at [[Dunford Bridge]], near [[Penistone]] in the [[ ...d almost exactly 100 years later in 1953. Passenger services ended in 1970 and the last train passed through in 1981.
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• Padgate
  ...nearby. There are two other churches in the area: Padgate Methodist Church and St.Oswalds Roman Cathlolic church. ...changing room facility has been built on the site of the former club house and the club is starting to rebuild. This is also home to Greenall's Padgate St
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• Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield
  ...h into Yorkshire. The airport lies three miles south-east of [[Doncaster]] and 18 miles east of [[Sheffield]]. It handled 857,109 passengers in 2015. ...lso owned and managed [[Liverpool John Lennon Airport]] and [[City Airport Manchester]]. Peel Airports also owned a 75% stake in [[Durham Tees Valley Airport]],
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• Pendlebury
  |constituency=Salford and Eccles |post town=Manchester
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• Pendleton, Salford
  |constituency=Salford and Eccles ...n inner city area of [[Salford]] in [[Lancashire]], about two miles from [[Manchester]] city centre. The A6 dual carriageway skirts the east of the area. It expe
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• M53 motorway
  ...ef> It runs between the [[Kingsway Tunnel]], at [[Wallasey]] in the north, and the A55 at [[Chester]].<ref name="cbrd"/> ...nkid77 M53 200709.JPG|thumb|Looking northwards, midway between junctions 3 and 4 at ''[[Storeton]]'']]
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• Worsley
  |post town=Manchester |constituency=Worsley and Eccles South
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• M55 motorway
  ...w hundred yards of the A5230, occupy the route of the old Blackpool Branch railway line. ...increasing traffic, it was decided to provide a motorway link to Blackpool and this road was opened in 1975.
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• M57 motorway
  ...links various towns east of the city, as well as the [[M62 motorway|M62]] and [[M58 motorway|M58]] motorways. ...north west between [[Fazakerley]] and [[Kirkby]], passes under the Kirkby and Ormskirk branches of the Merseyrail Northern Line before ending on Switch I
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• M66 motorway
  ...route between the [[M62 motorway|M62]] and [[M60 motorway|M60]] motorways and the [[M65 motorway|M65]], with the rest being provided by the A56. ...ad then runs to the east of [[Ramsbottom]] and the East Lancashire Railway and ends near [[Edenfield]].
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• Barton-upon-Irwell
  |post town=Manchester |constituency=Worsley and Eccles South
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• Rochdale Canal
  ...pg|thumb|300px|The castellated railway viaduct of the Manchester and Leeds Railway just south of Todmorden]] ...le broad canal in [[Lancashire]] and [[Yorkshire]], between [[Manchester]] and [[Sowerby Bridge]] ([http://wikishire.co.uk/map/#/show=Rochdale_Canal map])
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• Trent and Mersey Canal
  [[File:Trent mersey canal near branston water park.jpg|thumb|300px|The Trent and Mersey Canal near Branston Water Park]] ...of its length, but at the extremities to the east of [[Burton upon Trent]] and west of Middlewich, it is a wide canal.
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• M63 motorway
  ...umbered as part of the [[M60 motorway]] in 1999 which orbits part of the [[Manchester]] conurbation. ...ypass]</ref> When the westward extension of the M62 in the direction of [[Liverpool]] opened, the existing section of motorway south of the Eccles Interchange
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• Chester Canal
  ...lesmere Canal, at Raymond Street, near the junction with the Chester Canal and the River Dee]] ...l provided a link to the [[River Mersey]] at [[Ellesmere Port]] from 1797, and the fortunes of the Chester Canal began to improve.
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• Calder and Hebble Navigation
  ...nd hebble.jpg|thumb|300px|Looking towards the terminal basin of the Calder and Hebble Navigation, from a point near the junction with the Rochdale Canal]] ...''Calder and Hebble Navigation''' is a Broad (i.e. with 14-foot-wide locks and bridgeholes) inland waterway in [[Yorkshire]], which has remained navigable
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• Outer Pennine Ring
  ...hgate Bridge near Gargrave, on one of the remote sections of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal]] ...]], [[Leeds]] and [[Castleford]]. Its route follows parts of eight canals, and includes the longest canal tunnel in England. The ring was completed in 200
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• South Pennine Ring
  ...tween [[Manchester]] and [[Huddersfield]]. It covers parts of five canals, and includes passage through the [[Standedge Tunnels|longest canal tunnel]] in ...the [[Huddersfield Narrow Canal]] (dubbed ''the impossible restoration'') and the [[Rochdale Canal]] in 2001-2002 that the ring became a possibility.
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• West Coast Main Line
  [[File:WCML and M1.jpg|thumb|300px|The WCML running alongside the M1 motorway Watford Gap]] ...e in terms of population served. The route links [[London]] to [[Glasgow]] and [[Edinburgh]] via the west [[Midlands]] ([http://wikishire.co.uk/map/#/show
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• Inverness Airport
  |owner-oper=Highlands and Islands Airports Limited ...[[Inverness]], chief town of [[Inverness-shire]]. It is owned by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited.
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• Abram
  ...Leigh]], three miles southeast of [[Wigan]], and nearly 15 miles west of [[Manchester]]. Abram anciently formed a township and chapelry in the parish of Wigan and. Abram appears in an entry of an ancient survey of Lancashire in 1212 under
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• Reddish
  |post town=Stockport, Manchester |constituency=Denton and Reddish
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• Astley, Lancashire
  |picture=Bridgewater Canal and Astley Green Pithead.JPG |picture caption=Bridgewater Canal and Astley Green Pithead
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• Atherton
  |post town=Manchester ...f and two miles north of [[Leigh, Lancashire|Leigh]], and ten miles from [[Manchester]]. For about 300&nbsp;years from the 17th century Atherton was referred to
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• Cadishead
  |picture caption=Cadishead Viaduct over the Manchester Ship Canal |post town=Manchester
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• Golborne
  ...and six miles northeast of [[Warrington]]. The county’s largest city, [[Manchester]], is fourteen miles away. Golborne had a recorded population of 24,169 at ...and textile industries. There was also significant agricultural activity, and many farms still belong to the families who originally owned them.
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• Ince-in-Makerfield
  ...' or '''Ince''' is a regenerated township in [[Lancashire]], southeast of, and effectively contiguous with, [[Wigan]]. The population of Ince at the 2011 ...anal]]. A railway line divides Ince into two separate areas - Higher Ince and Lower Ince.
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• Irlam
  |picture=Irlam, Manchester - geograph.org.uk - 1553.jpg |post town=Manchester
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• Northenden
  |picture caption=Church Road and Palatine Road, Northenden |post town=Manchester
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