At that time, it seemed a place in which anything could happennew industrial processes, new ways of thinking (the Manchester School, promoting free trade and laissez-faire), new classes or groups in society, new religious sects, and new forms of labour organisation. [17] In 1878 the GPO (the forerunner of British Telecom) provided its first telephones to a firm in Manchester.[33]. [17][22] The library, which opened in 1653 and is still open to the public today, is the oldest free public reference library in the United Kingdom. For purposes of the Office for National Statistics, Manchester forms the most populous settlement within the Greater Manchester Urban Area, the United Kingdom's third-largest conurbation. The largest open space in the city, at around 260 hectares (642 acres),[63] is Heaton Park. This reduces urban sprawl, prevents towns in the conurbation from further convergence, protects the identity of outlying communities, and preserves nearby countryside. Manchester city centre, specifically the Castlefield Corridor, suffers from constrained rail capacity that frequently leads to delays and cancellations a 2018 report found that all three major Manchester stations are among the top ten worst stations in the United Kingdom for punctuality, with Oxford Road deemed the worst in the country. 
In 1853, Manchester was granted city status.[58]. Manchester United and Lancashire County Cricket Club, although commonly associated with Manchester, are based in the neighbouring metropolitan borough of Trafford.[215]. Results of the 2011 United Kingdom Census showed that the total population of Greater Manchester was 2,682,528. An American visitor taken to Manchester's blackspots saw "wretched, defrauded, oppressed, crushed human nature, lying and bleeding fragments".[39]. The widespread use of red brick characterises the city, much of the architecture of which harks back to its days as a global centre for the cotton trade. It has a population of over 530,000. The ITV franchise Granada Television has been based in Manchester since 1954. [27] However, this period of decline coincided with the rise of the city as the financial centre of the region. 135149. [196] The velodrome hosted the UCI Track Cycling World Championships for a record third time in 2008. The airport has the highest rating available: "Category 10", encompassing an elite group of airports able to handle "Code F" aircraft, including the Airbus A380 and Boeing 747-8. Manchester was credited as the main driving force behind British indie music of the 1980s led by The Smiths, later including The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Inspiral Carpets, and James. [13] The suffix -chester is from Old English ceaster ("Roman fortification", itself a loanword from Latin castracode: lat promoted to code: la , "fort; fortified town"). There were 76,095 undergraduate and postgraduate students at Manchester Metropolitan University, the University of Manchester and Royal Northern College of Music in the 2011/2012 academic year. [248], These audio files were created from a revision of this article dated 3February2008. [25] A stroke of a baron's pen is said to have divorced Manchester and Salford, though it was not Salford that became separated from Manchester, it was Manchester, with its humbler line of lords, that was separated from Salford. [17] Manchester's Irish Festival, including a St Patrick's Day parade, is one of Europe's largest. Manchester, the UKs second-largest city, is a successful borough that has maintained its status as a major city and metropolitan borough. Similarly, the chemical industry started by producing bleaches and dyes, but expanded into other areas. WebPopulation 2,685,400 Population density in the 2011 census in Greater Manchester. An 6,547,000 people were estimated in 2012 to live within 30 miles (50km) of Manchester and 11,694,000 within 50 miles (80km). Although not long-lasting, Cromwell granted it the right to elect its own MP. Density. Greater Manchester is its county and home to 2.55 million people. [80], Due to being already highly urban, the city contains limited portions of protected green-belt area within greenfield throughout the borough, with minimal development opportunities,[81] at Clayton Vale, Heaton Park, Chorlton Water Park along with the Chorlton Ees & Ivy Green nature reserve and the floodplain surrounding the River Mersey, as well as the southern area around Manchester Airport. A saying capturing this sense of innovation survives today: "What Manchester does today, the rest of the world does tomorrow. [158] Another notable contemporary band from near Manchester is the Courteeners consisting of Liam Fray and four close friends. Projections 2,200,000 2,400,000 2,600,000 2,800,000 3,000,000 Population 2,791,000 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 Historical U.N. The largest skyscraper is now Deansgate Square South Tower, at 201 metres (659 feet).The Green Building, opposite Oxford Road station, is a pioneering eco-friendly housing project, while the recently completed One Angel Square, is one of the most sustainable large buildings in the world. The size of the Jewish population in Greater Manchester is the largest in Britain outside London. We use first day of July each year due to Office for National Statistics (ONS) normally publishes the estimated population data for the same period. [58] In 1792, Commissioners usually known as "Police Commissioners" were established for the social improvement of Manchester. [136] The network consists of eight lines with 99 stops. The generally accepted etymology of this name is that it comes from Brittonic *mamm- ("breast", in reference to a "breast-like hill"). [229][230], With the growth in regional television in the 1950s, Manchester became one of the BBC's three main centres in England. Manchester has formal twinning arrangements (or "friendship agreements") with several places. The city can trace its roots to the Roman fort of Mamucium, established in 79 AD near the confluence of the rivers Medlock and Irwell. WebThe Greater Manchester area is the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a population of more than 2.55 million, which includes Manchester as well as several cities. Manchester was the regional base for BBC One North West Region programmes before it relocated to MediaCityUK in nearby Salford Quays.[236][237]. [159] In terms of concertgoers, it is the busiest indoor arena in the world, ahead of Madison Square Garden in New York and The O2 Arena in London, which are second and third busiest. The later groups came from what became known as the "Madchester" scene that also centred on The Haienda nightclub developed by the founder of Factory Records, Tony Wilson. [48], Large city sections from the 1960s have been demolished, re-developed or modernised with the use of glass and steel. A reconstructed part of the Roman fort of Mamucium is open to the public in Castlefield. Manchester is her neighbor to the northeast of Cheshire Plain and south of Pennines. He was a diligent puritan, turning out ale houses and banning the celebration of Christmas; he died in 1656.[26]. The great majority of cotton spinning took place in the towns of south Lancashire and north Cheshire, and Manchester was for a time the most productive centre of cotton processing.[27]. [94] There is also a well-established Chinatown in the city with a substantial number of Chinese restaurants and supermarkets. The Dancehouse on Oxford Road is dedicated to dance productions. The 47-storey, 554-foot (169m) Beetham Tower was the tallest UK building outside of London and the highest residential accommodation in Europe when completed in 2006. [52] It was the deadliest terrorist attack and first suicide bombing in Britain since the 7 July 2005 London bombings. The economic school of Manchester Capitalism developed there, and Manchester was the centre of the Anti-Corn Law League from 1838 onward. 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Projections 2,200,000 2,400,000 2,600,000 2,800,000 3,000,000 Population 2,791,000 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 Historical U.N. [9] Manchester achieved city status in 1853. The name Manchester originates from the Latin name Mamuciumcode: lat promoted to code: la or its variant Mancuniocode: lat promoted to code: la and the citizens are still referred to as Mancunians (/mnkjunin/). 
Manchester has been a centre of television broadcasting since the 1950s. The city is notable for its architecture, culture, musical exports, media links, scientific and engineering output, social impact, sports clubs and transport connections. The Cutting It series set in the city's Northern Quarter and The Street were set in Manchester[235] as was Life on Mars. In addition, Manchester Mayfield station closed to passenger services in 1960; its buildings and platforms are still extant, next to Piccadilly station, but are due to be redeveloped in the 2020s. It is ranked as a beta world city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network.[107]. Elsewhere in the city, the John Rylands Library holds an extensive collection of early printing. In 2021, the population of Greater Manchester stood at approximately 2.87 million, with around 1.41 million males and 1.45 million females. In the following years, however, the pace of growth slowed dramatically. Later these were taken over by First Greater Manchester and Stagecoach Manchester. By 1911 it had a population of 2,350,000. [67] They include the A62 via Oldham and Standedge,[68] the A57, Snake Pass, towards Sheffield,[69] and the Pennine section of the M62. [85], The Greater Manchester Built-up Area in 2011 had an estimated population of 2,553,400. He wrote here the dystopian satire A Clockwork Orange in 1962. Manchester hosts consular services for most of the north of England. 190,812. (2012) [1] Total. Outside the fortress, a vicus, or civilian settlement, was built. [199] The night-time economy has a value of about 100million,[200] and supports 12,000 jobs. The number of males living in Greater Manchester was 1,325,455 (49.41% of the [17] Large quantities of machinery, including cotton processing plant, were exported around the world. WebThe Greater Manchester area is the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a population of more than 2.55 million, which includes Manchester as well as several cities. [133], Manchester became the first city in the UK to acquire a modern light rail tram system when the Manchester Metrolink opened in 1992. There is regular but generally light precipitation throughout the year. 4.7 per cent were mixed race (1.8 per cent White and Black Caribbean, 0.9 per cent White and Black African, 1.0 per cent White and Asian, 1.0 per cent other mixed), 17.1 per cent Asian (2.3 per cent Indian, 8.5 per cent Pakistani, 1.3 per cent Bangladeshi, 2.7 per cent Chinese, 2.3 per cent other Asian), 8.6 per cent Black (5.1 per cent African, 1.6 per cent other Black), 1.9 per cent Arab and 1.2 per cent of other ethnic heritage. [16] After the Roman withdrawal and Saxon conquest, the focus of settlement shifted to the confluence of the Irwell and Irk sometime before the arrival of the Normans after 1066. Historian Simon Schama noted that "Manchester was the very best and the very worst taken to terrifying extremes, a new kind of city in the world; the chimneys of industrial suburbs greeting you with columns of smoke". The population of Greater Manchester in 2020 was estimated to be approximately 2.85 million, compared with 2.5 million in 2001, an increase of approximately 332,200 people. [126] A Concorde is on display near Manchester Airport. [24] Around the 14th century, Manchester received an influx of Flemish weavers, sometimes credited as the foundation of the region's textile industry. Established in 1515,[210] as a free grammar school next to what is now the cathedral, it moved in 1931 to Old Hall Lane in Fallowfield, south Manchester, to accommodate the growing student body. Its capital, Mandeville, is a major business centre. The Manchester television channel, Channel M, owned by the Guardian Media Group operated from 2000, but closed in 2012. [84], The 2012 mid-year estimate for the population of Manchester was 510,700. Greater Manchester is its county and home to 2.55 million people. [211] Its previous premises are now used by Chetham's School of Music. In 2021, the population of Greater Manchester stood at approximately 2.87 million, with around 1.41 million males and 1.45 million females. [110] Meanwhile, KPMG's competitive alternative report found that in 2012 Manchester had the 9th lowest tax cost of any industrialised city in the world,[111] and fiscal devolution has come earlier to Manchester than to any other British city: it can keep half the extra taxes it gets from transport investment. Ethnicity of Manchester, from 1971 to 2021: The Office for National Statistics does not produce economic data for the City of Manchester alone, but includes four other metropolitan boroughs, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, in an area named Greater Manchester South, which had a GVA of 34.8billion. [168] In 2014, HOME, a new custom-built arts complex opened. [65] Manchester has a relatively high humidity level, and this, along with abundant soft water, was one factor that led to advancement of the textile industry in the area. [23] The first Trades Union Congress was held in Manchester (at the Mechanics' Institute, David Street), from 2 to 6 June 1868. [202], There are three universities in the City of Manchester. 
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In 1853, Manchester was granted city status.[58]. Manchester United and Lancashire County Cricket Club, although commonly associated with Manchester, are based in the neighbouring metropolitan borough of Trafford.[215]. Results of the 2011 United Kingdom Census showed that the total population of Greater Manchester was 2,682,528. An American visitor taken to Manchester's blackspots saw "wretched, defrauded, oppressed, crushed human nature, lying and bleeding fragments".[39]. The widespread use of red brick characterises the city, much of the architecture of which harks back to its days as a global centre for the cotton trade. It has a population of over 530,000. The ITV franchise Granada Television has been based in Manchester since 1954. [27] However, this period of decline coincided with the rise of the city as the financial centre of the region. 135149. [196] The velodrome hosted the UCI Track Cycling World Championships for a record third time in 2008. The airport has the highest rating available: "Category 10", encompassing an elite group of airports able to handle "Code F" aircraft, including the Airbus A380 and Boeing 747-8. Manchester was credited as the main driving force behind British indie music of the 1980s led by The Smiths, later including The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Inspiral Carpets, and James. [13] The suffix -chester is from Old English ceaster ("Roman fortification", itself a loanword from Latin castracode: lat promoted to code: la , "fort; fortified town"). There were 76,095 undergraduate and postgraduate students at Manchester Metropolitan University, the University of Manchester and Royal Northern College of Music in the 2011/2012 academic year. [248], These audio files were created from a revision of this article dated 3February2008. [25] A stroke of a baron's pen is said to have divorced Manchester and Salford, though it was not Salford that became separated from Manchester, it was Manchester, with its humbler line of lords, that was separated from Salford. [17] Manchester's Irish Festival, including a St Patrick's Day parade, is one of Europe's largest. Manchester, the UKs second-largest city, is a successful borough that has maintained its status as a major city and metropolitan borough. Similarly, the chemical industry started by producing bleaches and dyes, but expanded into other areas. WebPopulation 2,685,400 Population density in the 2011 census in Greater Manchester. An 6,547,000 people were estimated in 2012 to live within 30 miles (50km) of Manchester and 11,694,000 within 50 miles (80km). Although not long-lasting, Cromwell granted it the right to elect its own MP. Density. Greater Manchester is its county and home to 2.55 million people. [80], Due to being already highly urban, the city contains limited portions of protected green-belt area within greenfield throughout the borough, with minimal development opportunities,[81] at Clayton Vale, Heaton Park, Chorlton Water Park along with the Chorlton Ees & Ivy Green nature reserve and the floodplain surrounding the River Mersey, as well as the southern area around Manchester Airport. A saying capturing this sense of innovation survives today: "What Manchester does today, the rest of the world does tomorrow. [158] Another notable contemporary band from near Manchester is the Courteeners consisting of Liam Fray and four close friends. Projections 2,200,000 2,400,000 2,600,000 2,800,000 3,000,000 Population 2,791,000 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 Historical U.N. The largest skyscraper is now Deansgate Square South Tower, at 201 metres (659 feet).The Green Building, opposite Oxford Road station, is a pioneering eco-friendly housing project, while the recently completed One Angel Square, is one of the most sustainable large buildings in the world. The size of the Jewish population in Greater Manchester is the largest in Britain outside London. We use first day of July each year due to Office for National Statistics (ONS) normally publishes the estimated population data for the same period. [58] In 1792, Commissioners usually known as "Police Commissioners" were established for the social improvement of Manchester. [136] The network consists of eight lines with 99 stops. The generally accepted etymology of this name is that it comes from Brittonic *mamm- ("breast", in reference to a "breast-like hill"). [229][230], With the growth in regional television in the 1950s, Manchester became one of the BBC's three main centres in England. Manchester has formal twinning arrangements (or "friendship agreements") with several places. The city can trace its roots to the Roman fort of Mamucium, established in 79 AD near the confluence of the rivers Medlock and Irwell. WebThe Greater Manchester area is the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a population of more than 2.55 million, which includes Manchester as well as several cities. Manchester was the regional base for BBC One North West Region programmes before it relocated to MediaCityUK in nearby Salford Quays.[236][237]. [159] In terms of concertgoers, it is the busiest indoor arena in the world, ahead of Madison Square Garden in New York and The O2 Arena in London, which are second and third busiest. The later groups came from what became known as the "Madchester" scene that also centred on The Haienda nightclub developed by the founder of Factory Records, Tony Wilson. [48], Large city sections from the 1960s have been demolished, re-developed or modernised with the use of glass and steel. A reconstructed part of the Roman fort of Mamucium is open to the public in Castlefield. Manchester is her neighbor to the northeast of Cheshire Plain and south of Pennines. He was a diligent puritan, turning out ale houses and banning the celebration of Christmas; he died in 1656.[26]. The great majority of cotton spinning took place in the towns of south Lancashire and north Cheshire, and Manchester was for a time the most productive centre of cotton processing.[27]. [94] There is also a well-established Chinatown in the city with a substantial number of Chinese restaurants and supermarkets. The Dancehouse on Oxford Road is dedicated to dance productions. The 47-storey, 554-foot (169m) Beetham Tower was the tallest UK building outside of London and the highest residential accommodation in Europe when completed in 2006. [52] It was the deadliest terrorist attack and first suicide bombing in Britain since the 7 July 2005 London bombings. The economic school of Manchester Capitalism developed there, and Manchester was the centre of the Anti-Corn Law League from 1838 onward. 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Projections 2,200,000 2,400,000 2,600,000 2,800,000 3,000,000 Population 2,791,000 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 Historical U.N. [9] Manchester achieved city status in 1853. The name Manchester originates from the Latin name Mamuciumcode: lat promoted to code: la or its variant Mancuniocode: lat promoted to code: la and the citizens are still referred to as Mancunians (/mnkjunin/). Manchester has been a centre of television broadcasting since the 1950s. The city is notable for its architecture, culture, musical exports, media links, scientific and engineering output, social impact, sports clubs and transport connections. The Cutting It series set in the city's Northern Quarter and The Street were set in Manchester[235] as was Life on Mars. In addition, Manchester Mayfield station closed to passenger services in 1960; its buildings and platforms are still extant, next to Piccadilly station, but are due to be redeveloped in the 2020s. It is ranked as a beta world city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network.[107]. Elsewhere in the city, the John Rylands Library holds an extensive collection of early printing. In 2021, the population of Greater Manchester stood at approximately 2.87 million, with around 1.41 million males and 1.45 million females. In the following years, however, the pace of growth slowed dramatically. Later these were taken over by First Greater Manchester and Stagecoach Manchester. By 1911 it had a population of 2,350,000. [67] They include the A62 via Oldham and Standedge,[68] the A57, Snake Pass, towards Sheffield,[69] and the Pennine section of the M62. [85], The Greater Manchester Built-up Area in 2011 had an estimated population of 2,553,400. He wrote here the dystopian satire A Clockwork Orange in 1962. Manchester hosts consular services for most of the north of England. 190,812. (2012) [1] Total. Outside the fortress, a vicus, or civilian settlement, was built. [199] The night-time economy has a value of about 100million,[200] and supports 12,000 jobs. The number of males living in Greater Manchester was 1,325,455 (49.41% of the [17] Large quantities of machinery, including cotton processing plant, were exported around the world. WebThe Greater Manchester area is the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a population of more than 2.55 million, which includes Manchester as well as several cities. [133], Manchester became the first city in the UK to acquire a modern light rail tram system when the Manchester Metrolink opened in 1992. There is regular but generally light precipitation throughout the year. 4.7 per cent were mixed race (1.8 per cent White and Black Caribbean, 0.9 per cent White and Black African, 1.0 per cent White and Asian, 1.0 per cent other mixed), 17.1 per cent Asian (2.3 per cent Indian, 8.5 per cent Pakistani, 1.3 per cent Bangladeshi, 2.7 per cent Chinese, 2.3 per cent other Asian), 8.6 per cent Black (5.1 per cent African, 1.6 per cent other Black), 1.9 per cent Arab and 1.2 per cent of other ethnic heritage. [16] After the Roman withdrawal and Saxon conquest, the focus of settlement shifted to the confluence of the Irwell and Irk sometime before the arrival of the Normans after 1066. Historian Simon Schama noted that "Manchester was the very best and the very worst taken to terrifying extremes, a new kind of city in the world; the chimneys of industrial suburbs greeting you with columns of smoke". The population of Greater Manchester in 2020 was estimated to be approximately 2.85 million, compared with 2.5 million in 2001, an increase of approximately 332,200 people. [126] A Concorde is on display near Manchester Airport. [24] Around the 14th century, Manchester received an influx of Flemish weavers, sometimes credited as the foundation of the region's textile industry. Established in 1515,[210] as a free grammar school next to what is now the cathedral, it moved in 1931 to Old Hall Lane in Fallowfield, south Manchester, to accommodate the growing student body. Its capital, Mandeville, is a major business centre. The Manchester television channel, Channel M, owned by the Guardian Media Group operated from 2000, but closed in 2012. [84], The 2012 mid-year estimate for the population of Manchester was 510,700. Greater Manchester is its county and home to 2.55 million people. [211] Its previous premises are now used by Chetham's School of Music. In 2021, the population of Greater Manchester stood at approximately 2.87 million, with around 1.41 million males and 1.45 million females. [110] Meanwhile, KPMG's competitive alternative report found that in 2012 Manchester had the 9th lowest tax cost of any industrialised city in the world,[111] and fiscal devolution has come earlier to Manchester than to any other British city: it can keep half the extra taxes it gets from transport investment. Ethnicity of Manchester, from 1971 to 2021: The Office for National Statistics does not produce economic data for the City of Manchester alone, but includes four other metropolitan boroughs, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, in an area named Greater Manchester South, which had a GVA of 34.8billion. [168] In 2014, HOME, a new custom-built arts complex opened. [65] Manchester has a relatively high humidity level, and this, along with abundant soft water, was one factor that led to advancement of the textile industry in the area. 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