Manchester in five emoji

What each emoji refers to

⚽

United and City, the second of which spent decades as the underdog.

🎶

Joy Division, the Smiths and Oasis all came out of the same city.

🏟️

Old Trafford and the Etihad are a few miles apart.

🌧️

The damp air suited cotton spinning, which is part of why the mills went there.

🏭

The world's first passenger railway ran from here to Liverpool in 1830.

Manchester at a glance

Country

United Kingdom

Coordinates

53.48° N, 2.24° W

First played

25 April 2026

Also accepted

England

Nearest cities in the game

Distances are great-circle, the same measure the game reports after a wrong guess. The arrow is the direction you would need to travel from Manchester.