Legend has it that Guy Fawkes hatched the Gunpowder Plot at Ordsall Hall in Salford

The world famous Bury Market attracts 12 million visitors a year

You can ride on an elephant in Bolton town centre

The Trafford Centre is home to 27 restaurants and bars, a 20 screen cinema and 280 fantastic stores

The ‘Q’ in Stalybridge, Tameside has the shortest name of any pub in the UK

The Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers was an early consumer co-operative and help to form the basis for the modern co-operative movement.

Louise Brown, the first test tube baby was born at Oldham District Hospital

The rivets in the Eiffel Tower and Sydney Harbour Bridge were made in Tameside

Famous Wigan produces include Vimto, Heinz baked beans, Pataks Indian Foods & Uncle Joe’s Mint Balls