--- title: "Manchester Greater Manchester – what to see, and every way to get there | Mixroutes" description: "How to get to Manchester Greater Manchester from Liverpool, Leeds, West Yorkshire and Nottingham, Leicestershire: every way compared, with today's…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/manchester-greater-manchester" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/manchester-greater-manchester.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Wyld%2C_William_-_Manchester_from_Kersal_Moor%2C_with_rustic_figures_and_goats_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/1920px-Wyld%2C_William_-_Manchester_from_Kersal_Moor%2C_with_rustic_figures_and_goats_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" --- ![Manchester Greater Manchester](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Wyld%2C_William_-_Manchester_from_Kersal_Moor%2C_with_rustic_figures_and_goats_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/1920px-Wyld%2C_William_-_Manchester_from_Kersal_Moor%2C_with_rustic_figures_and_goats_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg) # Manchester Greater Manchester Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in North West England, at the centre of the eponymous county of Greater Manchester. [Plan a trip to Manchester Greater Manchester](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Manchester%20Greater%20Manchester) [From Liverpool](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Liverpool&to=Manchester+Greater+Manchester) ## Every way there - Liverpool → Manchester Greater Manchester 50 km · quickest by road, 56 min · £5–7 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/liverpool-to-manchester-greater-manchester) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Liverpool&to=Manchester+Greater+Manchester) - Leeds, West Yorkshire → Manchester Greater Manchester 60 km · quickest by road, 1h 14m · £7–9 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/leeds-west-yorkshire-to-manchester-greater-manchester) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Leeds%2C+West+Yorkshire&to=Manchester+Greater+Manchester) - Nottingham, Leicestershire → Manchester Greater Manchester 90 km · quickest by road, 2h 12m · £11–14 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/nottingham-leicestershire-to-manchester-greater-manchester) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Nottingham%2C+Leicestershire&to=Manchester+Greater+Manchester) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. The field note What is in and around Manchester Greater Manchester, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move. [Read the note on Manchester Greater Manchester](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/manchester-greater-manchester) What Manchester Greater Manchester has - Y Scheduled flights Manchester, Greater Manchester (MAN), 15 km - N Trains and coaches no timetable feed known for this country - N Ferries no crossing within 25 km - Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band - N Bike and scooter share no share feed known - N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Salford, 3 km. 53.479°, -2.245° It had a population of over 589,000 in 2024. It borders the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the city of Salford to the west. The two cities and the surrounding towns form one of the United Kingdom's most populous conurbations, the Greater Manchester Built-up Area, which has a population of 2.87 million. Get in ## Getting to Manchester Greater Manchester Manchester Airport (MAN IATA) south of the city is Britain's largest airport outside London, with flights to over 200 destinations, including North America, the Gulf and Far East. Most flights use Terminal 1, holiday charters are usually from T2, and T3 has smaller aircraft on domestic and near-European hops. Eat ## Where to eat As you would expect from such a cosmopolitan city, Manchester has a huge selection of restaurants and eateries that serve a vast array of cuisines. Look hard enough and you will be able to find any type of international and British food. It is also worth exploring some of the suburbs for superb, small independent bistros and restaurants. West Didsbury and Chorlton are noted for their large number of great eateries. How locals move ## Getting around Manchester Greater Manchester the local way - Get in The Manchester Ship Canal can only be used on the Mersey Ferry cruise from Salford to Eastham between April and October. From [Wikivoyage: Manchester](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Manchester), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09. Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester) and [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Manchester), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wyld, William (Public domain), Wikimedia Commons. --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/places/manchester-greater-manchester, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt