Image Credits

Who took the area photos on this site?

Photographs from Wikimedia Commons, used under their stated licences

The photos of industrial estates, streets and places to visit around Greater Manchester were taken by the Wikimedia Commons and Geograph contributors listed below, and each is used under the licence shown beside it. Some have been cropped or resized. The solar and battery photos elsewhere on the site are licensed stock images.

Murrays' Mills and McConnel & Kennedy's mills beside the Rochdale Canal on Redhill Street, Ancoats, Manchester
Clem Rutter · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
The Great Northern Railway Company's goods warehouse on Deansgate, Manchester city centre
Robert Wade · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
Flat commercial rooftops and office blocks across Manchester city centre seen from City Tower
Salford Sal · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
Merchants' Warehouse on the Bridgewater Canal basin in Castlefield, Manchester, with a narrowboat moored alongside
Mikey from Wythenshawe, Manchester, UK · CC BY 2.0 · Source
The Skyhook sculpture, a giant steel chain and hook, at the Trafford Park entrance with the industrial estate's office blocks behind
David Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
Row of pitched-roof industrial units along Mosley Road, Trafford Park
N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
Multi-storey 1920s red-brick Liverpool Warehousing Co warehouse in Trafford Park
Stephen Richards · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
Industrial silos and plant at Northbank Industrial Park on Cadishead Way, Irlam, Salford
David Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
Canal-side industrial buildings and a brick chimney at Cadishead, Salford
Christine Johnstone · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
Red-brick office and industrial buildings at Barton Hall Industrial Estate, Eccles, Salford
Peter McDermott · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
Brick wholesale warehouses and loading doors on a side street in Strangeways, Cheetham
Christian Alexander Tietgen · CC BY 4.0 · Source
Wholesale and cash-and-carry premises lining a wide street in Strangeways, Cheetham
Christian Alexander Tietgen · CC BY 4.0 · Source
Railway arch units on Back Red Bank, Cheetham, with the Manchester city centre skyline behind
DS Pugh · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
Industrial units and a commercial building on Kelbrook Road, Openshaw, East Manchester
Bill Boaden · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
Victorian lattice gasholder at the Bradford Road gas works near the Etihad Campus, East Manchester
Ridiculopathy · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
Low-rise industrial units along Pottery Lane, Longsight, on the southern edge of East Manchester
Steve Fareham · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
Large curved-roof former bus garage on Bradnor Road in the Sharston industrial area, Wythenshawe
KJP1 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Entrance sculpture and industrial units at Sharston Industrial Estate, Wythenshawe
Gerald England · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
Lufthansa Cargo freighter in front of air cargo sheds at Manchester Airport, Wythenshawe
Riik@mctr · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
Butts Mill, a red-brick former cotton mill and chimney in Leigh
Chris Allen · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
Mather Lane Mill beside the Bridgewater Canal in Leigh
Chris Denny · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
Warehouses and business units along Greenfold Way, Leigh Business Park
Raymond Knapman · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
Factory and warehouse units on Wingates Industrial Estate, Westhoughton
Anthony Parkes · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
Modern industrial units at Mango Park on Wingates Industrial Estate, Westhoughton
Ian Greig · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
Lorries on the M61 near Chequerbent, Westhoughton, approaching junction 5
Andy Farrington · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
Falcon Mill, a tall red-brick former cotton spinning mill with corner tower in Halliwell, Bolton
David Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
Swan Lane Mills and chimney rising above an industrial street in Daubhill, Bolton
Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
Three-storey brick factory building at Carlton Street and Shiffnall Street, Bolton
Dave Bevis · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
Office and business units at Futura Park, Middlebrook, Horwich
Ian Greig · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
Rivington House and the long brick railway workshops of the former Horwich Loco Works
SMJ · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
Aerial view of Middlebrook, Horwich, showing the football stadium, large retail and warehouse roofs and car parks
Arne Müseler · CC BY-SA 3.0 de · Source
Large distribution buildings at Westwood Park beside the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Wigan
DS Pugh · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
Industrial and trade units at Martland Mill Business Park, Wigan
David Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
Steel-clad warehouse units on Hazlemere Industrial Estate, Land Gate, beside junction 25 of the M6 in the Wigan borough
Gary Rogers · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
Imperial War Museum North on Trafford Wharf Road, Trafford Park, seen across the Manchester Ship Canal
Phil and Juliette Platt · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
Main entrance of the Trafford Centre shopping centre near Trafford Park, Manchester
No more horses · CC0 · Source
Old Trafford football stadium viewed across the Bridgewater Canal on the edge of Trafford Park
N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
The Lowry arts centre on Pier 8 at Salford Quays
Brian Deegan · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
Black-and-white timber-framed rear of Ordsall Hall with its formal garden, Salford
Carroll Pierce · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
Red-brick Salford Museum and Art Gallery building on The Crescent beside Peel Park
Mike Faherty · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
Manchester Jewish Museum and its 1874 synagogue building on Cheetham Hill Road
Habiloid · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
Sandstone courtyard buildings of Chetham's Library on Long Millgate, Manchester
Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
Heaton Hall, the Grade I listed neoclassical house in Heaton Park, north Manchester
Steve Houldsworth · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
The Etihad Stadium with its mast-supported roof on the Etihad Campus, East Manchester
Anthony Parkes · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
Domed roof of the National Cycling Centre velodrome on Stuart Street, East Manchester
Ian Roberts · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
North Lodge entrance to Philips Park, Bradford, East Manchester
Bill Boaden · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
Wythenshawe Hall, a Tudor timber-framed manor house in Wythenshawe Park
Tricia Neal · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
Open lawns and mature trees in Wythenshawe Park, Manchester
Tricia Neal · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
Preserved aircraft on display at Runway Visitor Park, Manchester Airport
Thomas Nugent · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
Benches and trees beside the lake at Pennington Flash Country Park, Leigh
Steven Haslington · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
Leigh Spinners Mill with its striped brick facade and chimney in Leigh
Chris Allen · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
Entrance gates and steel pit headgear of the Lancashire Mining Museum at Astley Green Colliery, near Leigh
John Slater · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
Pretoria Pit disaster memorial with a kneeling miner statue and walls of names, Westhoughton
Bill Boaden · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
Footpath and stream through the trees of Borsdane Wood between Westhoughton and Hindley
Ian Greig · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
Bolton Wanderers' stadium at Middlebrook, a short drive from Westhoughton
Steve Daniels · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
Le Mans Crescent in Bolton town centre, home of Bolton Museum, Library and Aquarium
Mikey · CC BY 2.0 · Source
Smithills Hall, a stone and timber-framed manor house with gardens in Bolton
SG2012 · CC BY 2.0 · Source
Restored mill engines and flywheels inside the brick engine hall of Bolton Steam Museum
Stephen Craven · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
The stone tower on the summit of Rivington Pike above Horwich at sunset
Duppy Conkeror · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
Stone loggia and steps in Rivington Terraced Gardens on the hillside above Horwich
JarroNevsbaru · CC BY 4.0 · Source
Rivington Hall Barn among the trees of Lever Park near Horwich
philandju · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
Tree-lined drive leading to Haigh Hall in Haigh Woodland Park, Wigan
Joshua Goodwin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
Restored canal warehouse with clock tower beside the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Wigan Pier
Ben Sutherland from Catford, London, UK · CC BY 2.0 · Source
Reed beds and a wooded island on Scotsman's Flash in Wigan Flashes Nature Reserve
Gary Rogers · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source