Manchester is the third most visited city in the UK by foreign visitors.

Manchester played a central role in the Industrial Revolution and became a centre for textile manufacturing and cotton spinning – giving it its 19th century nickname, Cottonopolis

Manchester hosted the XVII Commonwealth Games in 2002 – it was the largest multi-sport event ever to be held in the United Kingdom.

The city has been key to British nightclub and DJ culture for years; the famous Hacienda club helped to popularise House Music in the UK

Manchester is home to one of the world’s most famous thoroughfares... Coronation Street. The ITV soap is the longest-running British TV drama, first broadcast in December 1960.

GIRL POWER! Mancunian Emmeline Pankhurst was one of the founders of the British suffragette movement – which fought to gain voting rights for women and the right to become Members of Parliament at the start of the 20th century.