North West England is one of nine official regions of England, it consists of the five ceremonial counties Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside and had a population of 7,052,000 in 2011. The region has 64 parkruns and contains the country's slowest course, Millom parkrun, with an average run time of 35 minutes 39 seconds and hilliest, Whinlatter Forest parkrun, with total climb and descent of 674 ft.