Greater Manchester

American

noun

a metropolitan county in central England, with the city of Manchester as its center. 498 sq. mi. (1,290 sq. km).

Greater Manchester British

noun

a metropolitan county of NW England, administered since 1986 by the unitary authorities of Wigan, Bolton, Bury, Rochdale, Salford, Manchester, Oldham, Trafford, Stockport, and Tameside. Area: 1286 sq km (496 sq miles)

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Rayner, whose constituency is in Greater Manchester, is also expected to work from the new site for the first time on Friday.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

Burnham stood down as an MP to be elected as the first mayor of Greater Manchester in 2017 in a time when regional mayors where an untested concept.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

It sets out a possible recruitment plan that would bring in new hires from across Greater Manchester and the wider North of England.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

Nandy is the MP for Wigan which sits within the area of the Greater Manchester mayor, a post which Burnham had held for the past nine years.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

The 1970s and 1980s had not been kind to most of Greater Manchester, with unemployment and urban decay disfiguring the once-proud textile hub.

From Underground by Dreyfus, Suelette

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