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Salford, in the county of Greater Manchester (1.8 miles, 2.9 km, direction E)
The City of Salford lies at the heart of the Metropolis known as Greater Manchester in an area where cotton was once king and its mill workers were portrayed for posterity by acclaimed 20th-century artist L.S.Lowry.
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Manchester, a Historic City in the county of Greater Manchester (3.8 miles, 6.2 km, direction E)
A thriving truly cosmopolitan city with a great mixture of new and old. The capital of the north
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Altrincham, a Historic Market Town in the county of Greater Manchester (6.4 miles, 10.3 km, direction S)
First developed as a quiet hamlet on the edge of the sweeping Cheshire Plain, where life went quietly on.
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Bolton, in the county of Lancashire (7.3 miles, 11.7 km, direction NW)
The clogs and black smoke image of Bolton has long since gone, in its place is a fine city with beautiful buildings and a diverse range of attractions sufficient to satisfy the most demanding tourist.
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Reddish, in the county of Greater Manchester (8.0 miles, 12.8 km, direction E)
This is a densely populated area of Stockport, Greater Manchester. It is fortunate to be close to the edge of Cheshire, thus residents have the benefit of being within easy reach of some attractive countryside.
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Audenshaw, in the county of Greater Manchester (8.9 miles, 14.3 km, direction E)
Audenshaw is a suburb of Greater Manchester. It is probably best known for its reservoirs and the busy waters of the Ashton canal, beside which visitors can see clusters of delightful canal-side properties.
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Styal, in the county of Cheshire (9.9 miles, 15.9 km, direction S)
The village of Styal stands on the River Bollin close to the town of Wilmslow. It is renowned for Quarry Bank Mill and the surrounding Styal Estate with houses once occupied by the mill workers.
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Bramhall, in the county of Greater Manchester (10.8 miles, 17.3 km, direction SE)
Set in an area where Cotton was once king, midst the towns of Manchester and the quiet rolling acres of sprawling Cheshire countryside, lies the little town of Bramhall whose most famous feature is Bramall Hall.
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Ramsbottom, in the county of Greater Manchester (11.5 miles, 18.5 km, direction N)
The countryside surrounding the town offers lakes, woods and hills, with distant Winter Hill rising to a height of 456 feet.
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Edgworth, in the county of Lancashire (11.6 miles, 18.7 km, direction N)
This attractive hillside village occupies a pleasant rural location close to two pretty reservoirs and the historic house known as Turton Tower.
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Warrington, in the county of Cheshire (12.4 miles, 20.0 km, direction SW)
This town can claim to have something made for Queen Victoria, which was famously rejected by her - this is the pair of Golden Gates made in 1850 for Sandringham House.
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Knutsford, in the county of Cheshire (12.6 miles, 20.3 km, direction S)
Its name derives from Canute, the great Danish King who is said to have journeyed this way when he quite possibly forded the local stream.
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Marple, in the county of Greater Manchester (12.9 miles, 20.8 km, direction SE)
Marple has many splendid canal features from the past, these include a flight of 16 locks and a three arched aqueduct which takes the Peak Forest canal over the River Goyt.
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Wigan, in the county of Greater Manchester (13.0 miles, 20.9 km, direction W)
Wigan is a sociable town with a long history, it received it's Royal charter in the middle of the 13th-century, but prior to that the Roman's had built a settlement here.
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Nether Alderley, in the county of Cheshire (14.5 miles, 23.3 km, direction S)
Nether Alderley shows a pleasant mixture of architectural gems which include well decorated timber frame properties so typical of the glorious Cheshire landscape.
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