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Westhoughton. / 53.549; -2.529. Westhoughton ( / wɛstˈhɔːtən / west-HAW-tən) is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, [1] 4 miles (6 km) southwest of Bolton, 5 miles (8 km) east of Wigan and 13 miles (21 km) northwest of Manchester.
The greater Leicester urban area had a population of 559,017 in 2021, making it the 11th most populous in England, and the 13th most populous in the United Kingdom. A 2023 report ranked Leicester 16th out of the 50 largest UK cities on a range of economic measures, and the first of seven East Midlands cities.
Birmingham (/ ˈ b ɜːr m ɪ ŋ ə m / ⓘ BUR-ming-əm) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England.It is the second-largest city in Britain – commonly referred to as the second city of the United Kingdom – with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper.
Northumbria ( / nɔːrˈθʌmbriə /; Old English: Norþanhymbra rīċe [ˈnorˠðɑnˌhymbrɑ ˈriːt͡ʃe]; Latin: Regnum Northanhymbrorum) [5] was an early medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom in what is now Northern England and south-east Scotland .
The North West England Portal. / 54.0167; -2.6333. North West England is one of nine official regions of England and consists of the ceremonial counties of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside. The North West had a population of 7,417,397 in 2021. It is the third-most-populated region in the United Kingdom, after the ...
Twin towns of Glastonbury. Administrative divisions of England. This is a list of places in England which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
The following is a list of current and former spa towns in the United Kingdom. England ... Former spa towns England ... Greater Manchester; Wirksworth ...
Oldham / ˈoʊldəm / is a town in Greater Manchester, England, [1] it lies amongst the Pennines on elevated ground between the rivers Irk and Medlock, 5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of Rochdale, and 7 miles (11.3 km) northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, which had a population of 237,110 in ...