The North West of England, has an area of 14165 square kilometres and with 6.9 million inhabitants has the second largest population of the United Kingdom's regions and is three times more densely populated than the European average. Our economy is larger than five European member states - Republic of Ireland, Finland, Luxembourg, Portugal and Greece.
The North West has 5 sub-regions:
- Cheshire
- Cumbria
- Greater Manchester
- Merseyside
- Lancashire
