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Manchester adopted the worker bee symbol to represent the city’s busy, productive workforce, particularly in the area’s many cotton mills during the 19th century.

Former British Prime Minister David Lloyd George was born on 17 January 1863 at 5 New York Place in Manchester and lived there with his parents for a few months after his birth. The house has since been demolished but the house at 34 Wadeson Road in Ardwick stands on the approximate site and a wall plaque notes the location’s historical significance.

Manchester City FC plays at the Etihad Stadium (also called the City of Manchester Stadium) in east Manchester, England.

Manchester United was originally established in 1878 as Newton Heath LYR Football Club by the Carriage and Wagon department of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR) depot at Newton Heath, Manchester. It became Manchester United F.C. in 1902. The team played at the North Road ground in Newton Heath until 1893, when it moved to a new ground at Bank Street, Clayton. Moston Brook High School subsequently stood on the site until its demolition in 2000 and it is now a Fujitsu office complex where a wall plaque reads: NORTH ROAD FOOTBALL GROUND THE ORIGINAL HOME OF NEWTON HEATH LYR F.C ONCE STOOD HERE (1878 – 1893)

Bee Gees members Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb lived at 51 Keppel Road in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, a suburb of Manchester, for about three years until 1958, before the family emigrated to Australia. During their time in Manchester, the young brothers formed a skiffle group called The Rattlesnakes and performed at local venues, including the Gaumont Cinema near their home.

Oasis brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher grew up in the Manchester suburb of Burnage, spending their early years living on Ashburn Avenue. When their parents separated, they moved with their mother and older brother Paul in the early 1980s to a house on Cranwell Drive.

Manchester United footballer Marcus Rashford lived with his mother and siblings in the Manchester suburbs of Withington and Fallowfield before the family moved to a home on Button Lane on the Northern Moor estate in Wythenshawe when he was 9 years old. He attended Button Lane Primary School and later, Ashton on Mersey School, a specialist sports college in Sale with links to Manchester United Football Club. As a young boy, Rashford played for Fletcher Rangers FC in nearby Didsbury and joined the Manchester United academy system at the age of seven.

The nearest Manchester Metrolink tram stop to Wythenshawe Hospital is Roundthorn, an 8 to 10-minute walk away from the hospital. The Roundthorn stop is served by Metrolink’s Navy Line which runs between Manchester city centre and Manchester Airport.

Manchester United’s Aon Training Complex at Carrington, Manchester, is a secure facility and access is restricted to players, staff and authorised visitors only. Training sessions cannot be viewed by the general public. Birch Road leading to the complex is a private road, but fans wanting to catch a glimpse of Manchester United’s players arriving in their cars for training stand at the entrance or near the barrier where Isherwood Road turns into Birch Road. Sometimes players will stop for photographs and autographs, but to discourage profiteering, signs make it clear that merchandise will not be signed. Some players arrive through the second entrance off Sinderland Lane, but the club has prohibited any stopping there to avoid road safety issues.

The Radisson Blu Hotel is connected to Manchester Airport’s Skylink covered walkway to all terminals. The Hilton, Clayton Hotel, and Crowne Plaza are also on-airport hotels but, without a direct link to the terminals, they have a free 24 hour shuttle instead.

Manchester International Airport departure terminals are shown below. In case of terminal changes, contacting the airline to confirm before travel is advisable. AirlineTerminal Aegean AirlinesT1 Aer LingusT1 Air Arabia MarocT1 Air CanadaT2 Air FranceT3 Air MaltaT2 American AirlinesT3 AurignyT1 Austrian AirlinesT1 Biman BangladeshT2 British AirwaysT3 Brussels AirlinesT2 Cathay PacificT2 DeltaT2 easyJetT1 El AlT1 EmiratesT1 Ethiopian AirwaysT2 EtihadT1 EurowingsT2 FinnairT1 FlybeT3 IberiaT3 IcelandairT1 Jet2T1 and T2 KLMT3 LoganairT3 LufthansaT1 NorwegianT1 Oman AirT2 Pakistan InternationalT2 Pegasus AirlinesT1 Qatar AirwaysT2 RyanairT3 SAS ScandinavianT1 SaudiaT2 Singapore AirlinesT1 SWISST1 TAP Air PortugalT1 TUIT2 Turkish AirlinesT1 United AirlinesT2 Virgin AtlanticT2 VuelingT3

George Formby is buried in the Roman Catholic section of Warrington Cemetery

From age 5 to 23, John Lennon’s childhood home was his Aunt Mimi’s house, Mendips, on Menlove Avenue, in Woolton, Liverpool. Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono purchased the 1930s semi-detatched property in 2002 and donated it to the National Trust, after which it was restored to its 1950s appearance and opened to the public for tours. A blue plaque on the house reads: JOHN LENNON 1940–1980 Musician and Songwriter lived here 1945–1963

The nearest hotel to Cheshire Oaks Outlet Village is the Travelodge Cheshire Oaks situated on the Coliseum Leisure Park next to the retail park.

St Margaret’s Church, the Victorian-era Gothic style church in Bodelwyddan, near Saint Asaph, North Wales, is known as the Marble Church because of the lavish use of marble on its interior. Designed by John Gibson and completed in 1860, the eyecatching limestone building with its 62 metre tower and spire is a landmark for traffic passing on the A55 road.

The longest seaside pier in Wales is Llandudno Pier, which has a total length of 2,295 feet (or 700 metres), of which the original main pier is 1,234 feet (or 376 metres). Located on the North Wales coast and stretching out into the Irish Sea, Llandudno Pier was constructed over two years from 1876 and later extended landwards to the Promenade.

You can bike around Bala Lake (Llyn Tegid) on a route that uses a cycle path and public highway. Follow the A494 from the lake car park to Llanuwchllyn, returning to Bala on the B4403 road that tracks the steam railway line. The 10 mile circuit has some inclines and takes an hour at a moderate pace.

Trwyn Du Lighthouse was built in 1838 by Trinity House at the north entrance to the Menai Strait. Situated at Penmon, the Isle of Anglesey’s easternmost point, the distinctive black and white banded circular stone tower lighthouse marks the passage for ships between the island and the nearby island of Ynys Seiriol (also known as Puffin Island). Originally manned by two keepers, Trwyn Du became the first lighthouse to be automated by Trinity House in 1922.

Penrhyn Castle as it stands today was built between 1820 and 1833.

Garth Pier in Bangor is 458 metres (or 1500 feet) in length, making it the second longest pier in Wales.