Bury (Greater Manchester)

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Bury
Bury Town Hall
Bury Town Hall
Coordinates 53 ° 36 ′  N , 2 ° 18 ′  W Coordinates: 53 ° 36 ′  N , 2 ° 18 ′  W
Bury (England)
Bury
Bury
Residents 60,718
administration
Post town BURY
ZIP code section BL9 & BL8 & BL0
prefix 0161/01706/01204
Part of the country England
region North West England
Metropolitan county Greater Manchester
Metropolitan Borough Bury
British Parliament Bury North

Bury is a town in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester about eight miles north of central Manchester in England . It has around 61,000 inhabitants (2001) and is the administrative seat of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury of the same name with around 182,000 inhabitants. In the north of the city lies a moor landscape and in the south the city borders on the River Irwell .

The city's most famous son is Robert Peel . The English police officers are named after him as Bobbies or Peelers .

traffic

Bury is the terminus of the Metrolink light rail line Bury Line , which connects Bury to the center of Manchester. Buses complete the transport offer.

Industry

Sports

The most important football club is Bury FC , which plays in Football League One in the 2016/2017 season .

sons and daughters of the town