Manchester, United Kingdom

The Manchester graticule is at latitude 53, longitude -2. It contains, in no particular order:

Manchester, Chester, Liverpool, St Helens, Preston, Bolton, Blackburn, Stockport, Macclesfield, Wigan as well as numerous other built up areas, including the greater parts of the Stoke-on-Trent and Wrexham areas. Water geohashes are rare, but the graticule does contain the estuaries of the Mersey and Ribble rivers, as well as a small part of Morecambe Bay. Anyone wishing to go exploring these risky bodies of waters should seek local expert safety advice. That said, there is the Leeds-Liverpool canal, which is reasonably safe.

Past Activity

2012

2012-01-03 53 -2: In the middle of Preston, just down the hill from the station ... surely someone can get there today. I've got photos taken yesterday for the G+LeapYearDayProject with EXIF lat/long putting me there, but unfortunately I was on my way to catch a train at the time, so can't head back today. Now trying for a Puppetmaster, in the hope that'll let me claim Deja Vu as well. -- Angel 07:31, 1 March 2012 (EST)

2011

Everyone is sleeping but Sourcerer visits several times per year to see good friends who like beer and curry. Sooner or later there will be a reachable point, perhaps with drag-along and pub/curry geohash potential.
2011-07-27 53 -2: Planned by Monty as the first part of a coast-to-coast triplet. Reached (though not fully photographed), report still pending. (map).

2009

Everyone slept for a year.

2008

2008-10-17 53 -2: Reached by Styles at 21:57pm BST (map).
2008-09-19 53 -2: Reached by 3Lance at 6:15pm BST (map).
2008-06-17 53 -2: Tried by GeoDom. A field approx 2km SSE from Adlington (map).
2008-05-31 53 -2: Effectively reached by Tommy at 3:30pm BST (map).
2008-05-26 53 -2: Reached by M.Bryan at 4pm BST (map).

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