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The Lancashire economy relies strongly on the M6, which also runs from north to south Lancaster to Chorley. Other motorways in the region include the M55 , which connects the city of Preston and the town of Blackpool at The M65 motorway runs from east to west, starting in the town of Colne , running past Burnley , Accrington , Blackburn and terminating in Preston.
The M66 begins m 0. In Cheshire, there are four motorways: the M6, the M56 linking Chester to the east , the M53 linking Chester to Birkenhead and the M62, which runs just along the county's northern border with Merseyside and Greater Manchester. The Cheshire road system is made up of 3, mi 5, km of highway and the principal road M6 carries , [51] vehicles in the county daily, linking the North West to the West Midlands.
The county town of Chester is served by the A55 , A and A roads, amongst others. To the west of the M6, Crewe , Northwich and Sandbach are served by the A54 , A51 , A49 , A, A and A roads; these all eventually link up connecting the towns to the larger cities, including Stoke-on-Trent to the south. The biggest international airport in the region is Manchester Airport , which serves The airport is home to three terminals , plus the World Freight Terminal , which serve destinations worldwide.
Manchester Airports Group is owned approximately one-third by Manchester Council and one-third by the other nine Greater Manchester councils. In , Manchester had a recorded , aircraft movements. The region's second largest airport, but is the oldest and fastest growing, is Liverpool John Lennon Airport , which serves over 5 million passengers annually.
The only other significant passenger airport in the region was Blackpool Airport , which was refurbished in and handled around half a million passengers annually. Commercial flights ended there in March East-west connections in Lancashire are carried via the Caldervale Line to Blackpool. Liverpool and Manchester both have extensive local passenger rail networks operating high-frequency commuter trains.
The quietest railway station in the region, by usage, is Reddish South , the 4th quietest in Britain. With the new electrification of the line in the late s, passenger numbers doubled. Liverpool Cruise Terminal in the city centre provides long-distance passenger cruises; Fred.
The North West is historically linked with the textiles industry, mainly before the mid 20th century. Cheshire is linked with the salt industry. Innospec former Octel is west of the refinery near junction 9 of the M53 A ; Innospec also has a site at Widnes former Aroma Fine Chemicals which makes Lilestralis.
Encirc Glass former Aventas group make glass bottles to the east of the refinery at Elton ; the Shell Technology Centre on the southern side of the railway , off the A and the M56 Hapsford Interchange on the east side of the refinery, closed in ; to the east is the large site of CF Fertilisers UK former Shellstar who make the Nitram brand of fertiliser.
To the north at Dunkirk at the end of the M56 on the A , is Max Spielmann including the former Klick in Lea-by-Backford ; further north at Capenhurst , next to the railway , Urenco Group have a uranium enrichment plant, partly in Ledsham. Sandbach used to be home of ERF and Fodens trucks. Blackley golf club beta Tata Chemicals Europe former Brunner Mond next to the A , next to the railway , is partly in Lostock Gralam just west of Northwich ; there is another main site at Winnington on the A north-west of Northwich.
Bentley Motors owned by Volkswagen since have their main plant in the west of the town between the A and A, next to the railway to Chester. Unipart Rail is on the B next to Crewe railway station. UK Fuels fuel cards are off the A, north of Crewe railway station. BAE Systems Global Combat Systems at Radway Green , Barthomley north of M6 junction 16, south of Alsager makes small arms ammunition, and Freshpack make pies next to the A towards the east of the town; Twyford Bathrooms owned since by the Finnish Sanitec are off the B, but their enormous factory next to the railway closed in early , with production moving overseas.
Ineos Fluor the site was previously owned by ICI Chemicals is at Runcorn which produces chlorine and caustic soda from Cheshire salt, piped from Lostock Gralam , south of Northwich; most of the chlorine in the UK comes from this plant; it also makes hydrofluoroalkanes HFAs for metered-dose inhalers and the anaesthetic halothane.
There is Ineos Chlor and Ineos Vinyls. The Thermphos factory on the A south of Widnes closed in Konftel UK is at Thelwall. Birchwood Park has to be the main technical business park in the North West. Birchwood was built on the former ROF Risley.
Samlesbury employees makes air-frames; the front fuselage, canards and tailfin of the Eurofighter. Rolls-Royce make turbofan blades in Barnoldswick employees. Webb Ivory charity fundraising, owned by Findel plc is off the A6 in Avenham , in the south of Preston. Bosal was the UK's leading manufacturer of car exhausts on Walton Summit, between the M6 and M61 until they closed operations.
Voith Paper has a site in Stubbins , at the northern end of the M66, off the A Silentnight [60] is in Barnoldswick , where Hope Technology make mountain bike components; nearby Johnson Matthey makes automotive catalysts. Leyland Trucks manufactures several truck ranges from Leyland , home of Enterprise plc , and where Albion Automotive part of American Axle make crankshafts at Farington.
Ennis Prismo make traffic white line products at Chorley; Walmsleys is a paper manufacturer off the A in Withnell. Along the M65, Fort Vale based in Simonstone near Burnley are a world leader in valves and fittings for road tankers. Bensons for Beds previously in Burtonwood near Warrington and Sleepmasters both owned by Steinhoff International are in the north of Accrington, off junction 8 A56 of the M65, near Huncoat railway station.
Kleeneze owned by Findel plc is based with Express Gifts off the A in Clayton-le-Moors off the M65 Hyndburn Interchange between Blackburn and Burnley, north of Accrington with a main distribution centre off the A in Church on the other side of the M65 in the west of Accrington, with both sites next to the Leeds-Liverpool Canal.
Dennis Eagle makes bin wagons in Marton; Tangerine Confectionery are based at Little Marton, with another factory to the east, just south of the main government building site. Amber Taverns is near Blackpool North railway station. Burton's Biscuit Company owned since November by the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan have many head office functions in Layton, Blackpool and a factory off the B, in the south of Warbreck, next to the railway line , which makes Maryland Cookies , Cadbury Fingers and Wagon Wheels with another main factory in Torfaen , south Wales ; it is the UK's second largest biscuit maker and was founded in Blackpool.
Crown Paints is in Darwen Across the M65 to the north Apeks make diving equipment at Blackamoor. Tensar International , invented and manufacture geogrids for construction, off the A near junction 5 of the M65 in Blackburn near the B roundabout; nearby is Castle Metals UK; also on the Shadsworth Business Park is Evertaut , who make auditorium seating.
North of the hospital at Crumpsall was B3 Cable Solutions , the UK's only former manufacturer of telecommunications cables , based next to the River Irk. Admiral Sportswear are in Northenden. British Textile Technology Group is in Didsbury. Timpson is in Wythenshawe ; Sharwood's used to make their sauces there until Premier Foods moved production to Bury St Edmunds in Electrium make their Wylex fuse boxes on the B and B in Wythenshawe, north of the Sharston Interchange of the M56; to the west is a plant of the Heimbach Group.
Nearby in Moss Nook is Franke UK , the world's largest manufacturer of domestic sinks and Simon Carves process engineering , and Renold plc is an international chain company based on the B, off the Manchester Airport spur of the M Amazon have a fulfilment centre off the A west of the airport, south of the Hale Four Seasons Roundabout of the M Bulldog Tools make spades on the A in the east of Wigan.
Electrium Volex make electrical wiring off the A, north of Westleigh. Makro is in Eccles. Akcros Chemicals are off the A On the Bolton boundary in north of the borough in Little Hulton , Eaton Transmissions closed in , with production moving to Tczew in Poland. Colgate closed its toothpaste factory in October , on the A , and is now called Soapworks , near the former Pomona Docks in Ordsall.
Britannia Hotels is on the A in Hale near the A junction. LyondellBasell UK former Basell Polyolefins , makes polypropylene resin at Carrington Works , off the A former motorway in Carrington , off the Carrington Interchange of the M60, which was set up to exploit the British-invented Catarole process , later bought by Shell in Ethel Austin is in Altrincham formerly Knowsley until S2Blue , a radio jingles company run by Steve England , is off the A near the B junction, in Ashton upon Mersey in the former studios of Alfasound having moved from Leek in Kelloggs is in Trafford Park Manchester ; to the north Adidas have their European distribution centre, and nearby TDG was on the industrial estate, until bought by Norbert Dentressangle in Chemtura chemicals, former site of Ciba-Geigy is between the A and B towards the north end of the industrial park.
Ocean Finance is on Trafford Park previously in Tamworth. Milliken make airbags on the A58, south-west of Bury. Voith Paper have a servicing centre on the A , west of Middleton town centre. The Co-op is based in Manchester and Rochdale. Pilkington is in St. Helens ; Knauf Insulation UK, is south-west of the town centre. Vimto is owned by Nichols plc of Newton-le-Willows , although actually made by Cott Beverages in north Leicestershire.
At Hunts Cross on the northern side of the railway line, the large Eli Lilly Speke Operations manufacturing plant produces antibiotics such as Capreomycin , and in produced the world's first biosynthetic product, by manufacturing biologic insulin, and has also produced biosynthetic human growth hormone since ; the plant was owned by The Distillers Company after the war until , where it made penicillin and later made thalidomide.
Manesty manufactures medicine tablets off the B on the Knowsley Business Park. Typhoo tea is made in Moreton off the A next to Moreton railway station , and on the same site there is Manor Bakeries Premier Foods , former Lyons Cakes , before April who make mini rolls , and a factory of Burton's Biscuit Company closed in December which made Cadbury's biscuits Cadbury Fingers and Wagon Wheels , where they still have a chocolate refinery.
Bristol-Myers Squibb UK have their main research laboratories east of the Moreton bakery, near Leasowe railway station. Pontins is in Ainsdale , Sefton. The coast of Cumbria is known as Britain's Energy Coast due to the large amounts of energy being produced along the coast of the county; Sellafield is a power station which is located in West Cumbria and is a major contributor to the "Energy Coast" also, Barrow-in-Furness is major town in contributing to the "Energy Coast" with a power station Roosecote Power Station , Gas Terminals Rampside Gas Terminal and an offshore wind farm Walney Wind Farm which is approximately 14 km 8.
Amcor Flexibles Cumbria former Alcan before in the south of Workington prints crisp packets and confectionery wrappers, for distribution around the UK's factories. The Lake District is popular with holiday makers. The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority is near Whitehaven. Lakeland , who make kitchenware, are in Windermere.
Stobart Group is in Carlisle. GSK Ulverston, built in as Glaxo to produce penicillin with a new plant to be built, makes cephalosporin antibiotics including cefuroxime and ceftazidime. Secondary schools are mostly comprehensive, but Trafford retains a wholly selective school system, and there are some other grammar schools in Lancashire, Wirral, Liverpool and Cumbria.
There are around , at secondary school in the region, the third highest in England, after South East England and Greater London. Golf betting tips first round leader This is around three times as much as there are in North East England. For school truancy the most persistent truants are in Manchester with a rate of 7. The lowest truancy rate is in South Ribble with 2.
The lowest performing area is, again, Knowsley but followed by Rochdale. Knowsley has had some dreadful results at A-level; Halewood Academy , its last school sixth-form, closed in ; there is now no school-based A-level provision in Knowsley, it is provided by the Knowsley Community College. For traditional counties, Lancashire gets excellent results at A-level, being one of the best in England.
Blackpool performs not particularly well at GCSE, yet produces much better results at A level—even better than Cheshire West and Chester , and the third-best in the region. The areas that have school children most likely to attend university are Trafford and Cheshire, followed by Wirral, Sefton, Stockport and Bury.
Four of these areas are or were part of Cheshire. There are forty three FE colleges. The region's students have the highest proportion of students from so-called low-participation neighbourhoods. From , the Telegraph has been printed at the Newsprinters huge site at Knowsley.
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