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The North West [1] is a diverse region of northern England located to the north of the West Midlands and west of Yorkshire.

[edit] Counties

Map of North West England

[edit] Cities and towns

North West England has many major towns and cities. For others, see county listing.

[edit] Cities

• Blackburn (Lancashire)
• Carlisle (Cumbria)
• Chester (Cheshire)
• Lancaster (Lancashire)
• Liverpool (Merseyside)
• Manchester (Greater Manchester)
• Preston (Lancashire)
• Salford (Greater Manchester)

[edit] Towns

• Blackpool (Lancashire)
• Bolton (Greater Manchester)
• Formby (Merseyside)
• Runcorn (Cheshire)
• St Helens (Merseyside)
• Warrington (Cheshire)
• Widnes (Cheshire)
• Wigan (Greater Manchester)

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[edit] By plane

Manchester is the main destination for trans-Atlantic and other long distance services. Liverpool serves European destinations using "no-frills" airlines. From either airport most of the North West is within 2 hours by car, train or bus.

[edit] By car

The North West can be reached from other regions as follows

• North East - A1 then M62
• Yorkshire - M62
• Midlands - M6
• London and South East - M1 then M6
• Scotland - M74 then M6
• South West - M5 then M6
• South Wales - M48, then M5, then M6
• North Wales - A55

[edit] By bus

National Express and Megabus operate long distance coach services to the North West.

[edit] By train

Virgin West Coast operates services from London to the North West. Virgin Cross Country has services from the South of England and Birmingham to Manchester, Preston etc. Central Trains has services from Birmingham to Liverpool, and from Norwich, Nottingham and Sheffield to Manchester and Liverpool. Trans Pennine Express runs trains from the North East and Leeds to Manchester and Liverpool.

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[edit] By plane

The North West is too small an area to have internal flights.

[edit] By car

The North West is a small area and is easy to get around by car. For instance it takes no more than 2 hours to drive across the region from North to South or East to West. There is a dense network of motorways and dual carriageway roads. However as the area is mostly densely populated traffic congestion is a problem, particularly from around 7 to 10 am and 4 to 7 pm Monday to Friday, though roadworks and accidents can cause problems at any time.

[edit] By bus

Bus services are useful in rural areas where trains do not run, and for short journeys. They are cheap especially if "day tickets" are bought which allow travel all day in an area. Bus travel can be slow owing to frequent stops and traffic congestion. Long distance coach services are infrequent in the North West apart from on the Liverpool-Manchester-Leeds route.

[edit] By train

Most of the North West is well served by rail with frequent services on most routes. Apart from on the main West Coast route trains are not particularly fast but are faster than the equivalent bus services and also avoid traffic congestion problems.

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