Bowdon

Worth seeing in and around Bowdon

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Altrincham

   Altrincham is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. It is located south of the River Mersey, 8 miles south-west of Manchester, 3 miles south-west of Sale and 10 miles east of Warrington.

   1 km · market town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Bridgewater Canal

   The Bridgewater Canal connects Runcorn, Manchester and Leigh, in North West England. It was commissioned by Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, to transport coal from his mines in Worsley to Manchester.

   3.4 km · canal in North West England · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Moss Lane

   Moss Lane is a multi-purpose stadium in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England. It is currently used primarily for football matches and is the home ground of Altrincham.

   2.1 km · multi-purpose stadium in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Dunham Castle

   Dunham Castle is an early medieval castle in Dunham Massey, a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England.

   2.5 km · castle in Dunham Massey, Greater Manchester, England · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Watch Hill Castle

   Watch Hill Castle is a medieval motte-and-bailey on the boundary of Bowdon and Dunham Massey in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Cheshire, it is a scheduled monument.

   1.3 km · medieval castle in Bowdon, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Dunham Massey Hall

   Dunham Massey Hall, usually known simply as Dunham Massey, is an English country house in the parish of Dunham Massey, in the district of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. During World War I, it was temporarily used as the Stamford Military Hospital.

   2.4 km · Grade I listed building in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Church of St Mary the Virgin, Bowdon

   The Church of St Mary the Virgin is in the village and electoral ward of Bowdon near Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.

   200 m · church in Bowdon, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   St George's Church, Altrincham

   St George's Church is in the town of Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.

   1.8 km · grade II listed church in Altrincham, Trafford, England · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Royd House

   Royd House is a Grade I listed building in Hale, Greater Manchester. It was designed by architect Edgar Wood as his own home and was built between 1914 and 1916.

   2.5 km · Grade I listed building in Trafford, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
10. 10
    St Mary's Church, Rostherne

    St Mary's Church lies between the village of Rostherne and Rostherne Mere in Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.

    3.3 km · church in Rostherne, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Getting to Bowdon

Airports

Manchester (MAN), 6 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 32 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 72 km

Stations

Altrincham Interchange, 1.7 km · Navigation Road station, 2.6 km · Ashley railway station, 2.8 km · Hale railway station, 1.2 km · Dunham Massey railway station, 3.6 km

• Leeds, West Yorkshire → Bowdon

  71 km · quickest by road, 1h 41m · £8–11
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• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Bowdon

  94 km · quickest by road, 2h 31m · £12–17
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Bowdon

  104 km · quickest by road, 2h 4m · £11–15
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bowdon. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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