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Canal Leeds-Liverpool
The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a canal in Northern England, linking the cities of Leeds and Liverpool. Over a distance of , crossing the Pennines, and including 91 locks on the main line. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal has several small branches, and in the early 21st century a new link was constructed into the Liverpool docks system. In the mid-18th century the growing towns of Yorkshire, including Leeds, Wakefield and Bradford, were trading increasingly.
Blackburn
Blackburn est une ville britannique de habitants. Elle dépendait du Lancashire mais relève depuis 1998 de l'autorité unitaire de Blackburn et Darwen. La population est d'environ habitants en incluant l'agglomération urbaine de Darwen. La ville du club de football de Blackburn Rovers Football Club a été pendant la Révolution industrielle un centre textile important. Gare de Blackburn Cathédrale de la Sainte-Vierge-Marie de Blackburn Tony Ashton Thomas Cantrell Dugdale (1880-1952), peintre, y est né Thomas Ed
Rivington
Rivington is a village and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley, Lancashire, England, occupying . It is about southeast of Chorley and about northwest of Bolton. Rivington is a rural area consisting primarily of agricultural grazing land, moorland, with hill summits including Rivington Pike and Winter Hill within the West Pennine Moors. The area has a thriving tourist industry centred around reservoirs created to serve Liverpool in the Victorian era and Lever Park created as a public park by William Lever at the turn of the 20th century, with two converted barns, a replica of Liverpool Castle and open countryside.
Bolton (Grand Manchester)
Bolton est une ville britannique située dans le comté urbain du Grand Manchester, Angleterre. Sa population est estimée à (Borough : ). Cet ancien bastion industriel du textile est aujourd'hui la plus importante ville d'Angleterre ne possédant pas le statut de « cité ». Voisine des marécages des Pennines Occidentales, Bolton se trouve à au nord-ouest de Manchester. Elle est cernée de plusieurs faubourgs et villages regroupés aujourd'hui au sein du Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, dont Bolton est naturellement le chef-lieu.
Horwich
Horwich (ˈhɒrɪtʃ ) is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. within the Historic County Boundaries of Lancashire, It is southeast of Chorley, northwest of Bolton and northwest of Manchester. It lies at the southern edge of the West Pennine Moors with the M61 motorway passing close to the south and west. At the 2011 Census, Horwich had a population of 20,067. Horwich emerged in the Middle Ages as a hunting chase.
Pennines
Les Pennines sont une chaîne de montagnes du Royaume-Uni située dans le centre et le nord de l'Angleterre. De par son extension nord-sud, sa position centrale dans la Grande-Bretagne et constituant le seul relief vraiment étendu de l'Angleterre, elle est surnommée « la colonne vertébrale de l'Angleterre », en anglais . Son nom est issu du celtique penno qui signifie « tête » > « sommet ». vignette|gauche|Les lapiaz de Malham Cove, Yorkshire.
Rivington Pike
Rivington Pike is a hill on Winter Hill, part of the West Pennine Moors at Rivington, Chorley in Lancashire, England. The nearest towns are Adlington and Horwich. The land and building are owned and managed by Chorley Council. The Pike Tower is a prominent local landmark and is located at the summit, it is part of Lever Park. The area is popular with hill walkers and for mountain biking. The pike at high is the most westerly high point of Winter Hill in the West Pennine Moors.
Darwen
Darwen is a market town and civil parish in the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The residents of the town are known as "Darreners". The A666 road passes through Darwen towards Blackburn to the north, Bolton to the south and Pendlebury where it joins the A6, about north-west of Manchester. The population of Darwen stood at 28,046 in the 2011 census. The town comprises four wards and has its own town council.
Mill town
A mill town, also known as factory town or mill village, is typically a settlement that developed around one or more mills or factories, usually cotton mills or factories producing textiles. Crespi d'Adda, UNESCO World Heritage Site Nuovo quartiere operaio in Schio Villaggio Leumann a Collegno Villaggio Frua in Saronno Villaggio operaio della Filatura in Tollegno The town grew out of a textile factory founded in 1833 by the sons of Feliks Lubienski, who owned the land where it was built.
Wigan
Wigan est une ville située dans le Grand Manchester (Greater Manchester) en Angleterre. Elle se trouve près de la rivière Douglas, à () au sud de Preston, à () au nord-ouest de Manchester et à () au nord-est de Liverpool. Wigan est la plus grande ville du Metropolitan Borough of Wigan. C’est aussi son centre administratif. La ville de Wigan compte une population de en 2001. La totalité du borough en compte . Historiquement, Wigan fait partie du Lancashire.