The Plaice to Know
One-off· United Kingdom

Manchester

Manchester
Image via Wikimedia Commons

About Manchester

Manchester is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of over 589,000 in 2024. It borders the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the city of Salford to the west. The two cities and the surrounding towns form one of the United Kingdom's most populous conurbations, the Greater Manchester Built-up Area, which has a population of 2.87 million.

On the show · 110 mentions total

The term acid rain was coined in Manchester in 1872.

from 269: No Such Thing As Singing The Sport · read transcript

More facts about Manchester

  1. Manchester used to be called Cottonopolis.

    269: No Such Thing As Singing The Sport · listen

View on Google Maps →Open in Wikipedia →

Coordinates: 53.4790, -2.2452

Thoughts on this place?

🐟 Reel me another one · ← Back to the map