Bowlee

Bowlee

St Thomas' Church, Bowlee
Bowlee
 Bowlee shown within Greater Manchester
OS grid referenceSD843063
Metropolitan boroughRochdale
Metropolitan county Greater Manchester
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town MANCHESTER
Postcode district M24
Dialling code 0161
Police Greater Manchester
Fire Greater Manchester
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK ParliamentHeywood and Middleton
List of places
UK
England
Greater Manchester

Coordinates: 53°33′11″N 2°14′13″W / 53.553°N 2.237°W / 53.553; -2.237

Bowlee is a village in Greater Manchester, England.[1][2] Bowlee is situated along the Heywood Old Road (A6045) on the outskirts of Middleton between Rhodes and Heywood. Historically it forms part of Lancashire.

RAF Bowlee

The RAF acquired 110 acres (0.45 km2) of land between Bowlee and the nearby village of Birch: 54 acres (220,000 m2) of land were acquired from the Langley Hall Estate plus 56 acres (230,000 m2) from Manchester Corporation. This included Bowlee Farm land and 6 acres (24,000 m2) of Parkside Farm.

Car boot sales

Large regular car boots sales are held during the summer months at the Bowlee Community Park.

Public transport

The area is served by bus service 125 which is the Middleton, Rhodes, Birch, Langley, Alkrington circular which operates mornings and afternoons only from Mondays to Saturdays.

References

  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 109 Manchester (Bolton & Warrington) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN 9780319231555.
  2. "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
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