M60 Peel Green

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M60 Peel Green

Image: © Andy Farrington Taken: 20 Jun 2011

Approaching junction 11 of the M60 travelling in a clockwise direction and the turn off to get your famous locally made cakes. Eccles cakes are named after the English town of Eccles. It is not known who invented the recipe, but James Birch is credited with being the first person to sell Eccles cakes on a commercial basis, which he sold from his shop at the corner of Vicarage Road and St Mary’s Road (now known as Church Street) in the town centre, in 1793. Nicknames for the Eccles cake include Squashed Fly Cake, Fly Cake, Fly Pie or even a Fly's Graveyard, owing to the appearance of the currants that it contains.

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Image Location

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Latitude
53.467285
Longitude
-2.366909