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Greater Manchester is ametropolitan andceremonial county inNorth West England. It bordersLancashire to the north,West Yorkshire andDerbyshire to the east,Cheshire to the south, andMerseyside to the west. Its largest settlement is the city ofManchester.
The county has an area of 1,276 km2 (493 sq mi) and is highly urbanised, with a population of 3,009,664 in 2024. Manchester is located in the centre of the county, with the city ofSalford immediately adjacent to the west. Other large settlements includeRochdale in the north-east,Stockport in the south-east,Sale in the south-west,Wigan in the far north-west, andBolton in the north-west. The majority of the county's settlements are part of theGreater Manchester Built-up Area, which extends into Cheshire and Merseyside and is thesecond most populous urban area in the United Kingdom. Forlocal government purposes the county comprises tenmetropolitan boroughs: Manchester,Salford,Bolton,Bury,Oldham,Rochdale,Stockport,Tameside,Trafford andWigan. The borough councils collaborate through theGreater Manchester Combined Authority. The county was created on 1 April 1974 from parts of north-east Cheshire, south-east Lancashire, and a small part of theWest Riding of Yorkshire.
The centre and south-west of Greater Manchester are lowlands, similar to theWest Lancashire Coastal Plain to the north-west and theCheshire Plain to the south-west. The north and east are part of thePennines: theWest Pennine Moors in the northwest, theSouth Pennines in the northeast and thePeak District in the east. Most of the county's rivers rise in the Pennines and are tributaries of theMersey andIrwell, the latter of which is itself a tributary of the Mersey. The county is connected to the Mersey Estuary by theManchester Ship Canal, which for its entire length within Greater Manchester consists ofcanalised sections of the Mersey and Irwell. (Full article...)
Chat Moss is a large area ofpeat bog that makes up 30% of theCity of Salford. It is north of theRiver Irwell, 5 miles (8 km) to the west ofManchester, and occupies an area of about 10.6 square miles (27.5 km2). It is thought to be about 7,000 years old, but peat development seems to have begun about 10,000 years ago.
Much work was carried out, particularly during the 19th century, toreclaim large areas of Chat Moss. The bog threatened the completion of theLiverpool and Manchester Railway, untilGeorge Stephenson succeeded in constructing a railway line in 1829, which "floated" on a wood and stone foundation. Today, theM62 motorway also crosses the moss.
Much of Chat Moss is prime agricultural land, although farming in the area is in decline. A large-scale network of drainage channels is required to keep the land from reverting to bog. A 228-acre (92 ha) area of Chat Moss, notified as Astley & Bedford Mosses, was designated anSSSI in 1989. Along with nearbyRisley Moss and Holcroft Moss, Astley & Bedford Mosses has also been designated as aEuropean UnionSpecial Area of Conservation, known as Manchester Mosses.
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Beckham's career began when he signed a professional contract withManchester United, making his first-team debut in 1992 aged 17. During his time there, United won thePremier League title six times, theFA Cup twice, and theUEFA Champions League in 1999. He left Manchester United to sign forReal Madrid in 2003, where he remained for four seasons. While at Madrid, Beckham became the first British footballer to play 100Champions League matches. In his final season, Real clinched the 2006-07La Liga championship title (Beckham's only major trophy with the club) in the final game of the season on 17 June. In January 2007, it was announced that Beckham would leave Real Madrid and sign a five-year contract with the Los Angeles Galaxy.
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Featured articles:Altrincham •Bert Trautmann •Chat Moss •City of Manchester Stadium •Duncan Edwards •Emmeline Pankhurst •Greater Manchester •Joy Division •M62 motorway •Manchester •Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal •Manchester City F.C. •Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine •Peterloo Massacre •Oldham •Scout Moor Wind Farm •Shaw and Crompton •Stretford •Trafford
Featured lists:Castles in Greater Manchester •Grade I listed buildings in Greater Manchester •List of Manchester City F.C. managers •List of Manchester United F.C. managers •List of Manchester United F.C. records and statistics •List of Manchester United F.C. seasons •List of Manchester United F.C. players •List of Manchester United F.C. players (25–99 appearances) •List of Manchester United F.C. players (fewer than 25 appearances) •List of railway stations in Greater Manchester •List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Greater Manchester •List of tallest buildings and structures in Manchester •List of tallest buildings and structures in Salford •Manchester City F.C. seasons
Good articles:1990 Strangeways Prison riot •Alan Turing •Ashton-under-Lyne •B of the Bang •Bank Street (stadium) •Bridgewater Canal •Buckton Castle •Castleshaw Roman fort •Chadderton •Cine City, Withington •City of Salford •Controversy over the usage of Manchester Cathedral in Resistance: Fall of Man •David Beckham •Didsbury •Dunham Massey •Hale Barns •Henry Taylor (swimmer) •Hugh Mason •Hulme Arch Bridge •Hyde Road •Mamucium •Manchester and Bolton Railway •Manchester Liners •Manchester Mummy •Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine •Manchester United F.C. •Milnrow •Murrays' Mills •Nico Ditch •Noel Gallagher •North Road (stadium) •Ordsall Hall •Old Trafford •Oasis (band) •Radcliffe, Greater Manchester •River Irwell •Ronnie Wallwork •Royton •Sale, Greater Manchester •Tameside •Trafford Park •Upper Brook Street Chapel, Manchester •Urmston •Warburton, Greater Manchester
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