im near manchester too so i may be interested
Ahmed
Nice to see another person also local. As I see more interest in this I am going to be putting some plans forward shortly to bitcointalk and local people to see what they think about getting a first meetup underway. Maybe to do something along the lines of Bitcoin Manchester? or have a good meeting location where people who are local can meet at a central location that is within 5 to 10 miles of where live, so that if using public transport its is not going to be hard to get to or to work out expensive on transport. If people are driving this would open it up future and a wider range for people to come. However I want it so that people are not out of pocket or works out to be good for everyone.
^ Good points
I have been speaking with the CoinFest team and am on the books to run the CoinFest 2016 in Manchester - I have many plans and will detail them when things are in stone.