More retail outlets and a new fair add a modern layer on the city’s historic connections to the industry. By Melanie Abrams Reporting from Manchester, England Manchester is renowned as the world’s first industrialized city — a hub of the Industrial ...

The debate over the location of England's second city is almost as old as the country itself. York, the home of the second most-important role in the Church of England, claimed the title in the Roman and early medieval periods; both Norwich and Bristol had ...

Chetham's School of Music is just one of the many attractions driving visitors to Manchester, England. Photo Credit: Marketing Manchester/Ellis Meade Felicity Long Manchester, in the northwest of England, is having a moment. The city, which welcomed more ...

Manchester Metrolink is England’s first modern street-operating light rail system. Bombardier / Vossloh Kiepe trams from the Flexity Swift range operate on the Manchester Metrolink system. Credit: Magdalena Dugdale. The light rail system runs through ...