England
North West England
Two cities that export music and football to the entire planet, with England's deepest lakes and highest fells an hour north.
“Sound, our kid” (that's great, mate)
Local food
Lancashire hotpot
Lamb under sliced potato, baked slowly.
Eccles cake
Flaky pastry packed with currants.
Bury black pudding
Traditionally sold from a market stall with mustard.
Pie barm
A meat and potato pie inside a buttered bread roll. Wigan's finest.
Manchester tart
Custard, raspberry jam and desiccated coconut.
Festivals & events
- Manchester International Festival
- Biennial, summer · Manchester
- Grand National
- April · Aintree, Liverpool
- Blackpool Illuminations
- September to January · Blackpool
- Kendal Calling
- July / August · Lowther Deer Park, Cumbria
Landmarks
- Lake District
- Liverpool waterfront
- Blackpool Tower
- Scafell Pike
- Manchester's Northern Quarter
Grid reference
- Station
- Manchester
- Latitude
- 53.4808°N
- Longitude
- 2.2426°W
These coordinates are what the departure board sends to Open-Meteo for this region.