A view over Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the cities of Manchester and Salford.

It is landlocked and borders Cheshire to the southwest and south, Derbyshire to the southeast, West Yorkshire to the northeast, and Lancashire to the north and Merseyside to the west.