CinX's Travels 2017

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London by cinxxx, on Flickr

London by cinxxx, on Flickr

London by cinxxx, on Flickr

London by cinxxx, on Flickr

London by cinxxx, on Flickr

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Windsor (/ˈwɪnzər/) is a historic market town and unparished area in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England. It is widely known as the site of Windsor Castle, one of the official residences of the British Royal Family.

The town is situated 23 miles (37 km) west of Charing Cross, London, 7 miles (11 km) south east of Maidenhead, and 21 miles (34 km) east of the county town of Reading. It is immediately south of the River Thames, which forms its boundary with its ancient twin town of Eton. The village of Old Windsor, just over 2 miles (3 km) to the south, predates what is now called Windsor by around 300 years; in the past Windsor was formally referred to as New Windsor to distinguish the two.

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Windsor by cinxxx, on Flickr

Windsor by cinxxx, on Flickr

Windsor by cinxxx, on Flickr

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Windsor by cinxxx, on Flickr

Windsor by cinxxx, on Flickr

Windsor by cinxxx, on Flickr

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Windsor by cinxxx, on Flickr

Windsor by cinxxx, on Flickr

Windsor by cinxxx, on Flickr

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Windsor by cinxxx, on Flickr

Windsor by cinxxx, on Flickr

Windsor by cinxxx, on Flickr

Windsor by cinxxx, on Flickr

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Windsor by cinxxx, on Flickr

Windsor by cinxxx, on Flickr

Windsor by cinxxx, on Flickr

Windsor by cinxxx, on Flickr

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Windsor by cinxxx, on Flickr

Windsor by cinxxx, on Flickr

Windsor by cinxxx, on Flickr

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Windsor by cinxxx, on Flickr

Windsor by cinxxx, on Flickr

Windsor by cinxxx, on Flickr

Windsor by cinxxx, on Flickr

Windsor by cinxxx, on Flickr

Windsor by cinxxx, on Flickr

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Manchester is a major city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 514,414 as of 2013. It lies within the United Kingdom's second-most populous urban area, with a population of 2.55 million. Manchester is fringed by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east and an arc of towns with which it forms a continuous conurbation. The local authority is Manchester City Council.

The recorded history of Manchester began with the civilian settlement associated with the Roman fort of Mamucium or Mancunium, which was established in about AD 79 on a sandstone bluff near the confluence of the rivers Medlock and Irwell. It was historically a part of Lancashire, although areas of Cheshire south of the River Mersey were incorporated during the 20th century. Throughout the Middle Ages Manchester remained a manorial township but began to expand "at an astonishing rate" around the turn of the 19th century. Manchester's unplanned urbanisation was brought on by a boom in textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution, and resulted in it becoming the world's first industrialised city.

Manchester achieved city status in 1853. The Manchester Ship Canal opened in 1894, creating the Port of Manchester and linking the city to sea, 36 miles (58 km) to the west. Its fortunes declined after the Second World War, owing to deindustrialisation. The city centre was devastated in a bombing in 1996, but it led to extensive investment and regeneration that has since helped it turn into a thriving 'reborn' modern city.

In 2014, the Globalization and World Cities Research Network ranked Manchester as a beta world city, the highest-ranked British city apart from London. Manchester is the third-most visited city in the UK. It is notable for its architecture, culture, musical exports, media links, scientific and engineering output, social impact, sports clubs and transport connections. Manchester Liverpool Road railway station was the world's first inter-city passenger railway station and in the city scientists first split the atom and developed the stored-program computer

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Landing in Manchester...

Landing in Manchester by cinxxx, on Flickr

Landing in Manchester by cinxxx, on Flickr

Landing in Manchester by cinxxx, on Flickr

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Manchester by cinxxx, on Flickr

Manchester by cinxxx, on Flickr

Manchester by cinxxx, on Flickr

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Manchester by cinxxx, on Flickr

Manchester by cinxxx, on Flickr

Manchester by cinxxx, on Flickr

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Manchester by cinxxx, on Flickr

Manchester by cinxxx, on Flickr

Manchester by cinxxx, on Flickr

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Manchester by cinxxx, on Flickr

Manchester by cinxxx, on Flickr

Manchester by cinxxx, on Flickr