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The metropolitan counties are a type of county - level administrative division of England . There are six metropolitan counties , which each cover large urban areas , typically with populations of ___MASK80___ . 2 to 2 . 8 million . They were created in 1972 and are each divided into several metropolitan districts or boroughs . A metropolitan borough is a type of local government district in England , and is a subdivision of a metropolitan county . Created in ___MASK86___ by the Local Government Act ___MASK73___ , metropolitan boroughs are defined in English law as metropolitan districts . However , all of them have been granted or regranted royal charters to give them borough status ( as well as , in some cases , city status ). Metropolitan boroughs have been effectively unitary authority areas since the abolition of the metropolitan county councils by the Local Government Act ___MASK61___ . However , metropolitan boroughs pool much of their authority in joint boards and other arrangements that cover whole metropolitan counties , such as combined authorities . Marco Pierre White ( born ___MASK23___ December 1961 ) is a British chef , restaurateur , and television personality from Leeds . White has been dubbed the first celebrity chef , and the " enfant terrible " of the UK restaurant scene . He was called the godfather of modern cooking by Australian " MasterChef " ( Season 4 , Episode 53 ). White was , at the time , the youngest chef ever to have been awarded three Michelin stars , and still holds that title to this day . He has trained famous chefs such as Mario Batali , Gordon Ramsay , Curtis Stone and Shannon Bennett . Manchester is a major city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester , England , with a population of 514 , 414 . It lies within the United Kingdom ' s second - most populous urban area , with a population of ___MASK92___ . ___MASK35___ million . Manchester is fringed by the Cheshire Plain to the south , the Pennines to the north and east and an arc of towns with which it forms a continuous conurbation . The local authority is Manchester City Council . Bury ( locally also ) is a town in Greater Manchester , England , on the River Irwell . It lies east of Bolton , west - southwest of Rochdale and north - northwest of Manchester . Bury is the largest settlement and administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury , with an estimated population in ___MASK16___ of 78 , 723 . The borough of Bury has a wider population of 187 , 474 as of 2011 Lancashire (; archaically the County Palatine of Lancaster ; abbreviated Lancs .) is a non - metropolitan ceremonial county in north west England . The county town is Lancaster although the county ' s administrative centre is Preston . The county has a population of ___MASK80___ , 449 , 300 and an area of . People from Lancashire are known as Lancastrians . The Local Government Act ___MASK73___ ( c 70 ) is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on ___MASK80___ April 1974 . Trafford is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester , England . With an estimated population of about ___MASK76___ , 800 in 2006 , it covers and includes the towns of Altrincham , Partington , Sale , Stretford and Urmston . The borough was formed on ___MASK80___ April 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 as a merger of the municipal boroughs of Altrincham , Sale , and Stretford , the urban districts of Bowdon , Hale and Urmston and part of Bucklow Rural District . All were previously in Cheshire , apart from Stretford and Urmston which were in Lancashire . The River Mersey flows through the borough , separating North Trafford from South Trafford . Historically the Mersey also acted as the boundary between the historic counties of Lancashire and Cheshire . Bacup is a town in Lancashire , England , in the South Pennines close to Lancashire ' s boundary with West Yorkshire . The town is in the Forest of Rossendale and the upper Irwell Valley , east of Rawtenstall , north of Rochdale , and east of Preston . At the ___MASK63___ Census , Bacup had a population of ___MASK100___ , 323 . The City of Salford is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester , England . It is named after its largest settlement , Salford , but covers a far larger area which includes the towns of Eccles , Swinton and Pendlebury , Walkden , and Irlam which apart from Irlam each have a population of over ___MASK38___ , 000 . The city has a population of 218 , 000 , and is administered from the Salford Civic Centre in Swinton . Bolton ( or locally ) is a town in Greater Manchester in North West England . A former mill town , Bolton has been a production centre for textiles since Flemish weavers settled in the area in the 14th century , introducing a wool and cotton - weaving tradition . The urbanisation and development of the town largely coincided with the introduction of textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution . Bolton was a 19th - century boomtown , and at its zenith in ___MASK30___ its 216 cotton mills and 26 bleaching and dyeing works made it one of the largest and most productive centres of cotton spinning in the world . The British cotton industry declined sharply after the First World War , and by the 1980s cotton manufacture had virtually ceased in Bolton . Mario Francesco Batali ( born September ___MASK4___ , ___MASK93___ ) is an American chef , writer , restaurateur , and media personality . In addition to his classical culinary training , he is an expert on the history and culture of Italian cuisine , including regional and local variations . Batali co - owns restaurants in New York City , Las Vegas , Los Angeles , Boston , Singapore , Hong Kong , Westport , Connecticut and New Haven , Connecticut Batali ' s signature clothing style includes a fleece vest , shorts and orange Crocs . He is also known as " Molto Mario ". The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland , commonly known as the United Kingdom ( UK ) or Britain , is a sovereign country in western Europe . Lying off the north - western coast of the European mainland , it includes the island of Great Britain ( the name of which is also loosely applied to the whole country ), the north - eastern part of the island of Ireland , and many smaller islands . Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign statethe Republic of Ireland . Apart from this land border , the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , with the North Sea to its east , the English Channel to its south and the Celtic Sea to its south - south - west , giving it the 12th - longest coastline in the world . The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland . With an area of , the UK is the 78th - largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th - largest in Europe . It is also the 21st - most populous country , with an estimated 65 . ___MASK80___ million inhabitants . Together , this makes it the fourth most densely populated country in the European Union . North West England , one of nine official regions of England , consists of the five counties of Cheshire , Cumbria , Greater Manchester , Lancashire and Merseyside . The North West had a population of ___MASK19___ , 052 , 000 in 2011 . It is the third most populated region in the United Kingdom after the South East and Greater London . England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom . It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west . The Irish Sea lies northwest of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest . England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south . The country covers five - eighths of the island of Great Britain ( which lies in the North Atlantic ) in its centre and south ; and includes over ___MASK25___ smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly , and the Isle of Wight . The River Irwell is a long river which flows through the Irwell Valley in North West England . Its source is at Irwell Springs on Deerplay Moor , approximately north of Bacup . It forms the boundary between Manchester and Salford and empties into the River Mersey near Irlam . Rochdale is a market town in Greater Manchester , England , positioned at the foothills of the South Pennines on the River Roch , north - northwest of Oldham , and north - northeast of the city of Manchester . Rochdale is surrounded by several smaller settlements which together form the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale , population ___MASK76___ , 699 . Rochdale is the largest settlement and administrative centre , with a total population of 107 , 926 . Gordon James Ramsay , OBE ( born ___MASK83___ November ___MASK55___ ) is a British celebrity chef , restaurateur , and television personality . A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short - term basis . Facilities provided may range from a modest - quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger , higher - quality beds , a dresser , a fridge and other kitchen facilities , upholstered chairs , a flatscreen television and en - suite bathrooms . Small , lower - priced hotels may offer only the most basic guest services and facilities . Larger , higher - priced hotels may provide additional guest facilities such as a swimming pool , business centre ( with computers , printers and other office equipment ), childcare , conference and event facilities , tennis or basketball courts , gymnasium , restaurants , day spa and social function services . Hotel rooms are usually numbered ( or named in some smaller hotels and B & Bs ) to allow guests to identify their room . Some boutique , high - end hotels have custom decorated rooms . Some hotels offer meals as part of a room and board arrangement . In the United Kingdom , a hotel is required by law to serve food and drinks to all guests within certain stated hours . In Japan , capsule hotels provide a tiny room suitable only for sleeping and shared bathroom facilities . Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England , with a population of ___MASK92___ . ___MASK83___ 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 . Greater Manchester was created on ___MASK80___ April 1974 as a result of the Local Government Act 1972 ; and designated a City Region on ___MASK80___ April 2011 . Pendlebury is a suburban town in the City of Salford , in Greater Manchester , England . The population of the town taken at the ___MASK63___ Census was ___MASK100___ , 069 . It lies to the northwest of Manchester city centre , northwest of Salford , and southeast of Bolton . Laurence Stephen Lowry ( ___MASK80___ November 1887  23 February 1976 ) was an English artist . Many of his drawings and paintings depict Pendlebury , Lancashire , where he lived and worked for more than 40 years , and also Salford and its surrounding areas . Wigan is a town in Greater Manchester , England . It stands on the River Douglas , south - west of Bolton , north of Warrington and west - northwest of Manchester . Wigan is the largest settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and is its administrative centre . The town of Wigan had a total population of 97 , 000 in ___MASK63___ , whilst the wider borough has a population of 318 , ___MASK25___ . Curtis Stone ( born ___MASK28___ November 1975 ) is an Australian celebrity chef , author and television personality , nicknamed " The Quiet Terminator " by fans following his performance on " The Celebrity Apprentice 3 ". The Lowry Hotel is located by the River Irwell in Salford , Greater Manchester , England . The five star hotel is named after the artist L . S . Lowry , and although is within the boundaries of the City of Salford , it is promoted as `` The Lowry Hotel , Manchester '' . When the hotel first opened Marco Pierre White was the overseeing chef of The River Room Restaurant . The hotel is a member of The Leading Hotels of the World and is owned by The Rocco Forte Collection , the company of Sir Rocco Forte , son of the late hotel magnate Baron Charles Forte . The hotel hosted the 2013 RLIF Awards . Irlam is a suburb of Salford in Greater Manchester , England . Historically in Lancashire , in ___MASK68___ it had a population of 18 , 504 , increasing to 19 , 933 at the 2011 Census . It lies on flat ground on the south side of the M62 motorway and the north bank of the Manchester Ship Canal , and is west - southwest of Salford , west - southwest of Manchester and east - northeast of Warrington . Irlam forms a continuous urban area with Cadishead to the southwest , and is divided from Flixton and the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford to the southeast by the Manchester Ship Canal . The main road through Irlam linking it to Cadishead and Eccles is the A57 . For train services , Irlam railway station serves the district .