Manchester

/ˈmæn.tʃes.tər/
The most-populous city
& metropolitan borough
in North West England
& Greater Manchester.
Fifth-largest city with
the population: 547,
627 people (2018)
 The coat of arms
Nickname: Cottonopolis,
Warehouse City, Madchester
Motto: “By wisdom and effort”
Geography
 160 miles northwest of
London
 Fringed by the Chesire Plain
to the south and the Pennies
to the North and East
 35 miles north-west of
Shieffield and 35 miles north-
east of Liverpool  halfway
point between the two.
 City center is on the East
bank of River Irwell.
 The river Mersey flows
through the south of
Manchester.
 Climate
 Temperate Oceanic Climate
 Warm summers and Cool
winters
 Summer daytime
temperature: 25 C (recently
o

30oC)
 The city’s average annual
rainfall is 806.6 millimeters
(UK: 1,125 mm) 
relatively high humid level
 Snowfalls: not common
because of the urban
warming effect
 Transport
Rail: World first purpose-built
passengers and railway station
- Liverpool & Manchester
railway: the world’s first inner-
city passenger railway

Picture. Manchester Piccadily railway station – the busiest station in

four major railway stations
Metrolink (tram):
 The first city acquires a
modern light rail tram system
 The largest tram system in
the UK (route length: 57
miles)
Bus:
 One of the most
extensive bus networks
outside London (over 50
bus companies)
 public transport
journeys in Greater
Manchester were made by
bus (2011): 80%