This chapter presents the "Perception Maps" strand of the Manchester Voices project, which explores how residents of Greater Manchester perceive regional variation in accents and dialects. Drawing on principles from folk linguistics and perceptual dialectology, the study used an innovative online map-drawing tool to collect over 1,100 evaluative comments from 349 participants. These perceptions were analysed using qualitative coding and visualised with Geographic Information Systems (GIS), producing heatmaps that reveal patterns in linguistic labelling, social evaluation, and perceived dialect boundaries. The chapter explores terms such as “broad,” “strong,” and “soft,” examining how these labels relate not just to phonetic features, but to perceived status, attractiveness, and cultural history. Findings show how local speech varieties are categorised and evaluated differently across the region, often in ways that reflect broader social attitudes. The chapter highlights the complexity of laypeople’s language ideologies and the value of folk linguistic insights in understanding how language and identity are mapped at a regional level.