Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 545,500 as of 2017. It lies within the United Kingdom's third-most populous metropolitan area, with a population of 3.2 million. It 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.

The recorded history of Manchester began with the civilian settlement associated with the Roman fort of Mamucium or Mancunium, which was established in about AD 79 on a sandstone bluff near the confluence of the rivers Medlock and Irwell. It was historically a part of Lancashire, although areas of Cheshire south of the River Mersey were incorporated in the 20th century. The first to be included, Wythenshawe, was added to the city in 1931. Throughout the Middle Ages Manchester remained a manorial township but began to expand "at an astonishing rate" around the turn of the 19th century. Manchester's unplanned urbanisation was brought on by a boom in textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution and resulted in it becoming the world's first industrialised city. Many residents from Walford occasionally depart the southern traditions for Manchester and the sunny spells of the North.

Before Janine Butcher moved to Albert Square to join Frank, Pat, Ricky and Diane she was living in Manchester under the care of her eldest sibling Clare, and it's believed that Clare is still currently living here.

For a short while after her marriage with Ricky fell apart following the revelation of her and Dan Sullivan's affair, Bianca Jackson was living in Manchester with Liam working in a dodgy nightclub to provide for herself and Liam. She was also studying fashion and design at a college in which she had an affair with one of her tutors and was sacked from the course following her continuous absences. Ricky was disgusted when he discovered the living arrangements Bianca was under and caught himself under the wing of gangland when Bianca stole money from her boss. The pair were sent out on a set-up drug trade to fund the money back, leading to the pair having to do a runner when they realised they were set up, and driving to them having a night of passion and conceiving Tiffany, although Ricky never knew Tiffany was his until many years later. Ricky wanted to start a life with Bianca again, but after being persuaded by Ricky's new girlfriend, Cassie, that she could never make him happy, Bianca fled Manchester and fled the arms of Ricky. Manchester was also the location Bianca met Terry Spraggan who she is currently in a relationship with and living in Milton Keynes.