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a b Defra (2002). Aitchison, J.W. (ed.). "The Commonlands of Greater Manchester: A Biological Survey" (PDF). defra.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 October 2012 . Retrieved 7 September 2012. County team dodge a bullet". Oldham Evening Chronicle. oldham-chronicle.co.uk. 3 May 2011. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016 . Retrieved 4 May 2011. In rugby league, Wigan Warriors, Leigh Leopards, and Salford Red Devils compete in the Super League, the top-level professional rugby league football club competition in Europe. Wigan have won the Super League/ Rugby Football League Championship twenty–one times, the Challenge Cup nineteen times, and the World Club Challenge three times. [229] Swinton Lions, and Oldham R.L.F.C. play in the second tier Championship, whilst Rochdale Hornets play in the third tier League 1 There is also a large network of junior/community rugby league clubs across the metropolitan area which act as feeder teams to the elite sides, the most notable being Manchester Rangers. In rugby union, Sale Sharks compete in the Guinness Premiership, and won the league in 2006. [230] Whitefield based Sedgley Park RUFC& Sale FCcompete in National Division One, Manchester RUFC in National Division Two and Wigan side Orrell R.U.F.C. in National Division Three North.

Clover, sorrel, nettle and thistle are common, and grow wild in Greater Manchester. [115] Common heather ( Calluna vulgaris) dominates the uplands, such as Saddleworth Moor, which lies within the South Pennines and Dark Peak area of the Peak District National Park. [123] The Rochdale Canal harbours floating water-plantain ( Luronium natams), a nationally endangered aquatic plant. [114] In 2002, Plantlife International launched its County Flowers campaign, asking members of the public to nominate and vote for a wild flower emblem for their county. Common cottongrass ( Eriophorum angustifolium), a plant with fluffy white plumes native to wet hollows on high moors, was announced as the county flower of Greater Manchester. [124] [125] [126] Welcome to the Manchester Field Club". webspace.mypostoffice.co.uk. Archived from the original on 25 June 2013 . Retrieved 7 September 2012. Safeguard to prevent C-charge is welcomed". The Bolton News. 9 December 2010. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012 . Retrieved 14 December 2010. Greater Manchester lies at the heart of the North West transport network. Much of the infrastructure converges at Manchester city centre with the Manchester Inner Ring Road, an amalgamation of several major roads, circulating the city centre. The county is the only place in the UK to have a fully orbital motorway, [204] the M60, which passes through all of the boroughs except Bolton and Wigan. Greater Manchester has a higher percentage of the motorway network than any other county in the country, [205] and according to the Guinness Book of World Records, it has the most traffic lanes side by side (17), spread across several parallel carriageways ( M61 at Linnyshaw in Walkden, close to the M60 interchange). [206] [207] Greater Manchester's 85mi (137km) of motorway network saw 5.8billion vehicle kilometres in 2002– about 6% of the UK's total, or 89,000vehicles a day. [204] The A580 "East Lancs" road is a primary A road that connects Manchester and Salford with Liverpool. It was the UK's first purpose-built intercity highway and was officially opened by George V on 18 July 1934. [208] Throughout 2008, there were proposals for congestion charging in Greater Manchester. [209] [210] Unlike the London scheme, two cordons would have been used, one covering the main urban core of the Greater Manchester Urban Area and another covering Manchester city centre. [211]

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