Bowlee is a village in

Greater Manchester Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county and combined authority area in North West England, with a population of 2.8 million; comprising ten metropolitan boroughs: Manchester, Salford, Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tam ...

, England. Bowlee is situated along the Heywood Old Road ( A6045) on the outskirts of Middleton between

Rhodes Rhodes (; el, Ρόδος , translit=Ródos ) is the largest and the historical capital of the Dodecanese islands of Greece. Administratively, the island forms a separate municipality within the Rhodes regional unit, which is part of the S ...

and Heywood. Historically it forms part of

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RAF Bowlee

The RAF acquired of land between Bowlee and the nearby village of

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: of land were acquired from the Langley Hall Estate plus from

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. This included Bowlee Farm land and 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 Alkrington Garden Village is a suburban area of Middleton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester England. Historically a part of Lancashire, in the Middle Ages Alkrington was a township in the parish of Prestwich-cum- ...

circular which operates mornings and afternoons only from Mondays to Saturdays.

References

Villages in Greater Manchester Middleton, Greater Manchester {{GreaterManchester-geo-stub