Shakerley

Suburb of Tyldesley in Greater Manchester, anciently a hamlet in the northwest of the township.

Astley

Village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, formerly a coal-mining area, but now part of a commuter belt for the nearby city of Manchester.

Tyldesley

Former industrial town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester.

Skyhooks (Trafford Park)

Pair of 18-metre high statues at the northern entrance to Trafford Park, erected in 1995 to mark the area’s regeneration

Chanters Colliery

Former colliery in Hindsford, Atherton where coal was mined from 1854 until 1966.

Stretford

One of the four major urban areas in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester.

Bedford Colliery

Colliery in Leigh sunk by John Speakman at Wood End Farm in the northeast part of Bedford in 1875