Manchester


We just named it Manchester, but actually that’s the name of the city, the region in which this city lies has the name Greater Manchester. It is a bowl-shaped land bordered to the north and east by the Pennines and to the south by the Cheshire Plain. The county has several coalfields in the west, coal seams mainly surrounded by sandstones and shales. They were mined underground since the 19th century, and there were several collieries, only one still exists, which is the only sight in the county we have listed.

Subsidence has led to water bodies collecting in the resulting hollows which are called Wigan Flashes. The subsidence happened quite quickly resulting in a flash flooding forming the lakes, hence the name flashes. The lakes and wetlands are forming a valuable wildlife habitat.