| How to vote | - Choose your favourite man-made structure from the Greater Manchester area
- Remember that it doesn't have to be a building, simply that it has to have been constructed before 1900
- Fill in the form at the bottom of the page, including why you have voted for your choice
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Last year, we asked you to help us come up with the North West's seven natural wonders, which turned out to be Alderley Edge. It was such a success that we’re following it up with a programme looking at the region's seven man-made wonders. We want you to nominate your top choice for Greater Manchester and tell us the reason why it gets your vote. The only restriction on what you choose is that the place you nominate must have been built before 1900. Apart from that, the field is wide open as to what you choose.  | | The John Rylands Library |
There’s plenty of choice in Manchester itself, from the splendour of the Town Hall, opened in 1877, to the Victorian gothic oddity that is John Rylands University Library. Of course, your choice doesn’t have to bricks and mortar. Architects and landscapers have shaped more than the skyline of the city with two notable wonders being the mighty Manchester Ship Canal, opened by Queen Victoria herself in 1894, and Heaton Park, one of Europe’s largest municipal parks and home to ten listed buildings.  | | Manchester Ship Canal |
There’s more to the man-made wonders of Greater Manchester than simply the city itself. The outlying towns hold wonders of their own, not least the Stockport viaduct, which at 33.85 metres high, is Western Europe’s biggest brick structure. Elsewhere, there’s Gorton Monastery, a structure so impressive, it holds World Heritage status (placing it alongside Machu Picchu, The Valley of the Kings in Egypt and the Taj Mahal), Lyme Park with its early 18th-century hunting tower, The Cage, Salford’s impressive Cathedral Church of St John the Evangelist and Rivington’s Great House Barn which dates back to as early as 811.  | | Gorton Monastery |
Remember though, the choice is yours. Maybe you agree with one of the choices above or perhaps you’ve got somewhere else in mind. Whatever your decision, we'd also like to know the reasons why a particular landmark has won your vote - perhaps it has a special place in your heart. The places with the most nominations will feature in a special BBC North West television programme scheduled for broadcast in January 2006. | 
