Eccles (/ˈɛkəlz/; pop. 38,756(2011)) is a town in Greater Manchester, England, 2.7 miles (4.3 km) west of Salford and 3.7 miles (6.0 km) west of Manchester city centre, between the M602 motorway to the north and the Manchester Ship Canal to the south.
Population: 37,275
Latitude: 53° 28' 59.99" N
Longitude: -2° 19' 59.99" W
Birchwood Forest Park covers the area formerly occupied by the Royal Ordnance Factory, ROF Risley, in Birchwood, Warrington, in north-west England. The park covers an area of 500 acres (2.0 km2) and stretches from the M6 in the west to the M62, junc…
Ardwick Hall was the home of linen merchant Robert Hyde, uncle to British textile mill owner Samuel Greg(1758–1834). It was located in Manchester.
Yarnsdale is a small sandstone quarry, also known as Cadshaw Quarry, Grid Reference Number 706.178, situated to the north west of Turton and Entwistle Reservoir in the borough of Blackburn with Darwen, in Lancashire, England. It is used mainly by ro…
Bolton was a short-lived rural district in the administrative county of Lancashire. It was created by the Local Government Act 1894 and comprised an area surrounding the County Borough of Bolton, and was abolished when the borough was extended in 18…
Middleton Railway station served the town of Middleton. Opened on 5 January 1857 it was at the end of short branch from Middleton Junction railway station.
Helmshore Mills are two mills built on the River Ogden in Helmshore, Lancashire. Higher Mill was built in 1796 for William Turner, and Whitaker Mill was built in the 1820s by the Turner family. In their early life they alternated between working woo…
The Moon Under Water is a pub in Manchester city centre, in the building of the former Deansgate Picture House cinema on Deansgate. The pub, which is 8,800 square feet (820 m2) and can hold 1,700 customers has been noted by the Guinness Book of Reco…