Association of Greater Manchester Authorities. "City Region". agma.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 14 March 2010 . Retrieved 18 March 2010. Watson, Alex (14 April 2020). "The mysterious tale of the parrots of South Manchester". propermanchester.com . Retrieved 1 August 2023. Clover, sorrel, nettle and thistle are common, and grow wild in Greater Manchester. [115] Common heather ( Calluna vulgaris) dominates the uplands, such as Saddleworth Moor, which lies within the South Pennines and Dark Peak area of the Peak District National Park. [123] The Rochdale Canal harbours floating water-plantain ( Luronium natams), a nationally endangered aquatic plant. [114] In 2002, Plantlife International launched its County Flowers campaign, asking members of the public to nominate and vote for a wild flower emblem for their county. Common cottongrass ( Eriophorum angustifolium), a plant with fluffy white plumes native to wet hollows on high moors, was announced as the county flower of Greater Manchester. [124] [125] [126] Manchester 'England's second city' ". BBC. 12 September 2002. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008 . Retrieved 5 January 2010.

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Warren Smith welcomes you to the Greater Manchester Lieutenancy". manchesterlieutenancy.org. Archived from the original on 5 July 2008 . Retrieved 8 July 2008. a b c d e f "Greater Manchester Biodiversity". gmbp.org.uk. Archived from the original on 18 May 2013 . Retrieved 7 September 2012. Date set for C-charge referendum". news.bbc.co.uk. 29 September 2008. Archived from the original on 1 March 2009 . Retrieved 5 January 2010. HM Treasury (16 December 2009). "Greater Manchester granted city region status". hm-treasury.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 21 December 2009 . Retrieved 2 March 2014. The number's up for Britain's roads". The Daily Telegraph. October 2002. Archived from the original on 14 October 2007 . Retrieved 2 March 2014. The west side of Manchester is notoriously busy and holds the record for the widest section of motorway– an impressive 17lanes where the M61 and M60 meet.

Our History". co-operative.coop. Archived from the original on 8 November 2016 . Retrieved 18 December 2014.Exodus: The Facts". can.uk.com. 2003. Archived from the original on 4 February 2008 . Retrieved 2 March 2014. Abram• Ashton in Makerfield• Aspull• Atherton• Billinge and Winstanley• Hindley• Ince-in-Makerfield• Golborne• Orrell• Standish-with-Langtree• Tyldesley Devon Wildlife Trust. "Species – Cottongrass, common". devonwildlifetrust.org. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015 . Retrieved 7 September 2012. a b "State of the City Report 2006/2007" (PDF). manchester.gov.uk. September 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 January 2008 . Retrieved 2 March 2014. The centre and south-west of Greater Manchester are lowlands, similar to the West Lancashire Coastal Plain to the north-west and the Cheshire Plain to the south-west. The north and east are part of the Pennines: the West Pennine Moors in the northwest, the South Pennines in the northeast and the Peak District in the east. Most of the county's rivers rise in the Pennines and are tributaries of the Mersey and Irwell, the latter of which is itself a tributary of the Mersey. The county is connected to the Mersey Estuary by the Manchester Ship Canal, which for its entire length within Greater Manchester consists of canalised sections of the Mersey and Irwell.

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About Us". Leigh Sports Village. Archived from the original on 12 October 2022 . Retrieved 12 October 2022. Public transport services in Greater Manchester are co-ordinated by Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM), a public body with powers between those of a passenger transport executive and Transport for London, [202] established as SELNEC PTE in 1969 in accordance with the Transport Act 1968. [203] The original SELNEC Passenger Transport Executive was renamed as the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (GMPTE) when taken over by the Greater Manchester County Council on 1 April 1974 to co-ordinate public transport modes within the new county. [203] The council had overall responsibility for strategic planning and all policy decisions covering public transport (such as bus and rail services) and highways. GMPTE's purpose was to secure the provision of a completely integrated and efficient system of passenger transport for Greater Manchester on behalf of the county council. [203] In 1977, it was noted as the largest authority for public transport in the United Kingdom after London Transport. [203] GMPTE was renamed as Transport for Greater Manchester in April 2011 when it became a functional body of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and obtained powers additional to those of a regular passenger transport executive from central government. [202] Source 2: KNMI [108] [109] Current Results - Weather and Science [110] Meteo Climat [111] Time and Date: Average dew point (1985-2015) [112] WeatherAtlas [113] Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. "Local Government Finance Statistics England No.16". local.odpm.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011 . Retrieved 2 March 2014. Manchester city region– Economic Overview". investinmanchester.com. Archived from the original on 21 March 2008 . Retrieved 2 March 2014.