Great Bowden
Great Bowden is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. It is north-east of and a suburb of Market Harborough, although originally the parish of Great Bowden included Harborough.Places of Interest
Highlights include Market Harborough railway station and Harborough Museum.
Market Harborough railway station
Railway station
Photo: Psythor, Public domain.
Market Harborough railway station serves the town of Market Harborough, in Leicestershire, England. It is situated to the east of the town centre and lies on the Midland Main Line, 16 miles south-east of Leicester. The building is Grade II listed.
Harborough Museum
Museum
Photo: Alan Murray-Rust, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Harborough Museum was opened in 1983 in the former R & W H Symington corset factory that also houses the Harborough District Council offices in the historic market town of Market Harborough.
St Dionysius’ Church, Market Harborough
Church
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Market Harborough and Little Bowden.
Market Harborough
Photo: G-Man, Public domain.
Market Harborough is a market town of 25,000 people on the River Welland in Leicestershire, England.
Little Bowden
Village
Photo: Richard Dear, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Little Bowden is an area on the edge of Market Harborough in the Harborough district, in the county of Leicestershire, England. As a village it was formerly part of Northamptonshire. The River Jordan runs through part of the area.
Foxton Locks
Locality
Photo: StephenDawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Foxton Locks are ten canal locks consisting of two "staircases" each of five locks, located on the Leicester line of the Grand Union Canal about 3 miles west of the Leicestershire town of Market Harborough. Foxton Locks is situated 3 miles west of Great Bowden.
Great Bowden
- Type: Locality
- Location: Harborough District, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.5004° or 52° 30′ 1″ northLongitude
-0.91° or 0° 54′ 36″ westElevation
266 feet (81 metres)Open location code
9C4XG32Q+5XGeoNames ID
7290805
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