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Bowdon is a suburb of and electoral ward in the , , England. It lies within the historic county boundaries of , and became part of Greater Manchester in 1974.
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  • Type: Suburb with 6,210 residents
  • Description: village in Greater Manchester, UK
  • Also known as: “Bowdon, Greater Manchester”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Luke’s and Hale railway station.

Church
Photo: Richard Sutcliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a church.

Railway station
Photo: Peter Whatley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the area of in the south of , , England; it is also used by people living in the surrounding areas of Bowdon and Hale Barns.

Archaeological site
Photo: Richard Nevell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a medieval motte-and-bailey on the boundary of Bowdon and , , England. It is a scheduled monument. The castle is located north of the and south of a deep ravine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Altrincham and Hale.

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is a town in in the northwest of England. It was a small market town until the 18th century, then industrialised with the coming of the Bridgewater Canal and later the railway.

Suburb
Photo: Roger May, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Altrincham is a town in in the northwest of England. It was a small market town until the 18th century, then industrialised with the coming of the Bridgewater Canal and later the railway.

Suburb
Photo: Mikey, CC BY 2.0.
is an area and electoral ward of the city of , in , England. The population at the 2011 census was 14,794. The name is derived from the Old English words bagga and lēah. is situated 3½ miles northeast of Bowdon.

Bowdon

Latitude
53.37603° or 53° 22′ 34″ north
Longitude
-2.36534° or 2° 21′ 55″ west
Population
6,210
Elevation
190 feet (58 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB OWD
Open location code
9C5V9JGM+CV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27329930
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2655069
Wiki­data ID
Q4950774
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In Other Languages

From Bavarian to Welsh—“Bowdon” goes by many names.
  • Bavarian: “Bowdon (Greater Manchester)”
  • Bavarian: “Bowdon”
  • Cebuano: “Bowdon”
  • Chinese: “鲍登”
  • Dutch: “Bowdon”
  • French: “Bowdon”
  • German: “Bowdon”
  • Greek: “Μπόουντον”
  • Hebrew: “באודן”
  • Irish: “Bowdon”
  • Italian: “Bowdon”
  • Japanese: “バウデン (マンチェスター)”
  • Japanese: “ボウドン (グレーター・マンチェスター)”
  • Persian: “باودون (منچستر بزرگ)”
  • Persian: “باودون”
  • Polish: “Bowdon (Greater Manchester)”
  • Polish: “Bowdon”
  • Russian: “Боудон”
  • Silesian: “Bowdon (Greater Manchester)”
  • Silesian: “Bowdon”
  • Slovenian: “Bowdon, Greater Manchester”
  • Swedish: “Bowdon, Greater Manchester”
  • Swedish: “Bowdon”
  • Ukrainian: “Бовдон”
  • Welsh: “Bowdon, Manceinion Fwyaf”
  • Welsh: “Bowdon”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bowdon”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.