Manchester, in the northwest of England, has been approved to receive the country’s next wave pool. While Deal, Kent in the southeast, once England’s busiest port town and host of a former coal mine, is expected to formally submit plans for a surf tub and associated hotel early next year. Manchester – Modern Surf Manchester was a hub of the industrial revolution as well as fostering computer innovation. It’s also a heavy-hitter in the music world; home to The Buzzcocks, The Smiths, Joy Division, Oasis and many more guitar wielders. It harbors football teams Manchester United and Manchester City – who hate each other with such vitriol that if you walk into the wrong part of town wearing the wrong colors you’re not likely to come out. Vertically anyway. Hate is the closest passion to love, but we’ll let the residents sort that one out. Just go surf! So whether … Continue reading From Coal to Coves: Former English industrial & mining towns turn to wave pools