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Bury

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This article is about the town and borough of Bury in England. See also Bury St Edmunds and Bury, Cambridgeshire for other places with the same name.

Bury
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Former arms as a county borough:
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Bury is a metropolitan borough on the northern side of Greater Manchester in North West England. The borough consists of six towns: Bury, Ramsbottom, Tottington, Radcliffe, Whitefield and Prestwich.

The borough has an area of 24,511 acres and serves a population of 181,900.

The town's radio station is Tower FM and it also has a professional football club, Bury F.C, which plays at Gigg Lane.

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