Manchester is a major city in northwest England with a rich industrial heritage. It has a marine climate and was an important textile center during the Industrial Revolution. Today it remains a center of culture and industry, with revitalized dockyards housing museums.

1. MANCHESTER
Manchester is a major city in the
northwest of England with a rich
industrial heritage. The Castlefield
conservation area’s 18th-century canal
system recalls the city’s days as a textile
powerhouse, and visitors can trace this
history at the interactive Museum of
Science & Industry. The revitalised Salford
Quays dockyards now house the Daniel
Libeskind-designed Imperial War
Museum North and the Lowry cultural
centre.

2. Manchester, England Climate
 Manchester, England, Uk is at 53°23'N, 2°18'W, 75 m (246 ft). See map.
 Manchester, England has a marine west coast climate that is mild with no dry
season, warm summers. Heavy precipitation occurs during mild winters which
are dominated by mid-latitude cyclones. Seasonality is moderate (Köppen-
Geiger classification: Cfb).
 According to the Holdridge life zones system of bioclimatic classification
Manchester, England is situated in or near the cool temperate moist forest
biome.
 The average temperature is 9.4 degrees Celsius (48.9 degrees Fahrenheit). See
the temperatures page for a monthly breakdown and the fixed scalegraph.
 Average monthly temperatures vary by 12 °C (21.6°F). This indicates that the
continentality type is oceanic, subtype truly oceanic.

3. HISTORY
 The recorded history of Manchester began with the
civilian settlement associated with
the Roman fort of Mamucium or Mancunium, which
was established in about AD 79 on a sandstone bluff
near the confluence of the rivers Medlock and Irwell. It
is historically a part of Lancashire, although areas
of Cheshire south of the River Mersey were
incorporated in the 20th century. The first to be
included, Wythenshawe, was added to the city in 1931.
Throughout the Middle Ages Manchester remained
a manorialtownship, but began to expand "at an
astonishing rate" around the turn of the 19th century.
Manchester's unplanned urbanisation was brought on
by a boom in textile manufacture during the Industrial
Revolution, and resulted in it becoming the world's first
industrialised city.

4. GEOGRAPHY
 At 53°28′0″N 2°14′0″W, 160 miles (260 km) northwest of
London, Manchester lies in a bowl-shaped land area
bordered to the north and east by the Pennines, an upland
chain that runs the length of northern England, and to the
south by the Cheshire Plain. Manchester is 35.0 miles
(56.3 km) north-east of Liverpool and 35.0 miles (56.3 km)
north-west of Sheffield, making the city the halfway point
between the two. The city centre is on the east bank of
the River Irwell, near its confluences with the
Rivers Medlock and Irk, and is relatively low-lying, being
between 35 to 42 metres (115 to 138 feet) above sea
level.[62] The River Mersey flows through the south of
Manchester.

5. ECONOMY
 As the UK economy continues to recover from
the downturn experienced in 2008–10,
Manchester compares favourably to other
geographies according to the latest figures. In
2012 it is shown the strongest annual growth in
business stock (5%) of all the Core Cities.[98] The
city experienced a relatively sharp increase in
the number of business deaths, the largest
increase of all the Core Cities, however this was
offset by strong growth in new businesses
which resulted in a strong net growth

6. SPORTS
 Manchester is well known for being a city of sport.[198] Two
decorated Premier League football clubs bear the city
name – Manchester United and Manchester
City.[199] Manchester United play its home games at Old
Trafford, in the Manchester suburb of Trafford, the largest
club football ground in the United
Kingdom.[200] Manchester City's home ground is the City of
Manchester Stadium (also known as the Etihad Stadium for
sponsorship purposes); its former ground, Maine Road was
demolished in 2003. The City of Manchester Stadium was
initially built as the main athletics stadium for the 2002
Commonwealth Games and was subsequently reconfigured
into a football stadium before Manchester City's arrival.