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The body of water that is closest to wales is the Atlantic ocean.
Lloyd George was born on Manchester's street called "Wales Street." His birth took place on January 17, 1863, in a house located at number 7 Wales Street. This area was part of the city during a period when his family was living in England before they moved to Wales.
M56 is the closest motorway to Manchester Airport. Although the M6 is the main motorway closest to the airport.
Chester is the closest to the border of Wales.
Castleton, for trains into Manchester Victoria
156 miles
The distance between Manchester, England and Holyhead, Wales is about 120 road miles or 193 km.
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The country of Wales, part of the United Kingdom, is closest in size to the US state of New Jersey. (Wales: 8,022, sq miles, New Jersey 8,721 sq. miles.)
Wales is part of Great Britain, and the country of England to the east, also part of Great Britain, is its closest neighbor (they have a common border on the order of 200 miles long). The closest neighbor that is not a part of Great Britain is the Republic of Ireland roughly 50 miles away across the Irish Sea to the west.