County Borough of SalfordSalford was, from 1844 to 1974, a local government district in the county of Lancashire in the northwest of England, covering the city of Salford. It was granted city status in 1926. In about 1230, the vill of Salford, Lancashire, was created a free borough by charter granted by Ranulph de Blondeville, 4th Earl of Chester. The borough's government was in the hands of a borough-reeve and portmote court. The reeve was elected by the burgesses at large, while the head of the Molyneux family of Sefton presided over the court as hereditary steward of the Hundred of Salford.
A59 roadThe A59 is a major road in England which is around long and runs from Wallasey, Merseyside to York, North Yorkshire. The alignment formed part of the Trunk Roads Act 1936, being then designated as the A59. It is a key route connecting Merseyside at the M53 motorway to Yorkshire, passing through three counties and connecting to various major motorways. The road is a combination of historical routes combined with contemporary roads and a mixture of dual and single carriageway.
Burnley built-up areaThe Burnley Built-up area is an urban area or conurbation which extends from the town of Burnley to Padiham, Brierfield, Nelson, Barrowford and Colne in Lancashire, England. The area takes in parts of the boroughs of Burnley and Pendle, and also small parts of Hyndburn and Ribble Valley. It also includes a number of villages such as Blacko, Trawden and Worsthorne. In 2011 the area was recorded at having a population of 149,422. It is the third most populous urban area in Lancashire after Preston and Blackpool, with slightly more people than the urban areas of Cambridge or York.
MilnrowMilnrow is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the River Beal at the foothills of the South Pennines, and forms a continuous urban area with Rochdale. It is east of Rochdale town centre, north-northeast of Manchester, and spans from Windy Hill in the east to the Rochdale Canal in the west. Milnrow is adjacent to junction 21 of the M62 motorway, and includes the village of Newhey, and hamlets at Tunshill and Ogden.
Tramway de BlackpoolLe tramway de Blackpool est un tramway circulant à Blackpool, au Royaume-Uni. Longue de , l'unique ligne dessert 37 stations. Ouvert en 1885, le réseau a subi de grands travaux de 2009 à 2012, permettant de remettre le réseau à niveau. Ce plan de 100 millions de livres anticipe l'extension du réseau et permet la mise en circulation de 16 nouvelles rames Bombardier Flexity 2. Depuis, les anciens tramways qui n'ont pas bénéficié d'une rénovation complète circulent uniquement pour des services touristiques, le week-end et l'été.
Lac Windermere (Angleterre)Le lac Windermere (en anglais : Windermere Lake) est un lac situé dans le comté de Cumbria en Angleterre, dans le parc national du Lake District. C'est le plus grand lac naturel d'Angleterre avec une superficie de . Les trois villes touristiques de Windermere, Bowness-on-Windermere et Ambleside sont situées près de sa côte orientale. Le lac Windermere est un lac glaciaire rubaniforme. Quelques petites rivières et ruisseaux l'alimentent, dont le Brathay, le Rothay, le Trout Beck et le Cunsey Beck.
Coniston Waterest un lac situé dans le comté de Cumbria au nord-ouest de l'Angleterre. Il est le troisième plus grand lac du parc national du Lake District. Il est le résultat de l'ennoiement d'une ancienne vallée glaciaire. Avant 1974, le lac était situé dans le Lancashire. La ville de Coniston, qui donne son nom au lac, se trouve près de son bord nord-ouest. Au , Coniston Water a été le théâtre de nombreuses tentatives de battre le record mondial de vitesse sur l'eau. Le , Sir Malcolm Campbell porta le record à 228,108 km/h à bord du Bluebird K4.
ColdhurstColdhurst (or more rarely Cold Hurst) is an area of Oldham and an electoral ward of the wider Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in Greater Manchester, England. At the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001, it had a population of 11,935, increasing to 13,201 at the 2011 Census. The electoral ward spans most of Oldham's town centre, although the name Coldhurst conventionally applies to the area immediately north of the centre. The district of Westwood and a small adjoining part of Chadderton in the Busk area also lie within the Coldhurst ward district.
CleveleysCleveleys is a town on the Fylde Coast of Lancashire, England, about north of Blackpool and south of Fleetwood. It is part of the Borough of Wyre. With its neighbouring settlement of Thornton, Cleveleys was part of the former urban district of Thornton-Cleveleys and is part of the Blackpool Urban Area. In 2011 the Cleveleys Built-up area sub division had a population of 10,754. At the start of the Second World War, several departments of the Ministry of Pensions, the Ministry of Education and the Board of Trade were moved to the Cleveleys area.