Bowdon railway station
Bowdon railway station served the district of Bowdon, Cheshire (now Greater Manchester), between 1849 and 1881.
Cheadle Hulme /ˈtʃiːdəl ˈhjuːm/ is a suburb of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport in Greater Manchester, England. Historically in Cheshire, it is 2.3 miles (3.7 km) south-west of Stockport and 7.5 miles (12.1 km) south-east of the city of Manchester. It lies in the Ladybrook Valley on the Cheshire Plain, and the drift consists mostly of boulder clay, sands and gravels. In 2001, it had a population of 29,000. This had fallen to 26,479 (both North and South Wards) by 2011.
Population: 28,952
Latitude: 53° 22' 33.96" N
Longitude: -2° 11' 22.92" W
Bowdon railway station served the district of Bowdon, Cheshire (now Greater Manchester), between 1849 and 1881.
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