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Bowes Park is situated on the borders of Wood Green, Palmers Green and Bounds Green in London, England. The post code for Bowes Park is N22. Bowes Park has several good transportation links by bus, overground rail and underground rail, known as the tube. Wood Green is a place in the London Borough of Haringey. ... Palmers Green is a place in the London Borough of Enfield in north London. ... Bounds Green (Zone 3, North-East London) originally formed as an overnight stop-over for those travelling to London. ... London — containing the City of London — is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England and a major world city. With over seven million inhabitants (Londoners) in Greater London area, it is amongst the most densely populated areas in Western Europe. ... TheBus, established by Mayor Frank Fasi, is Honolulus only public transit system. ... Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ... The nickname Tube comes from the almost circular tube-like tunnels through which the small profile trains travel. ...

Bowes Park overground station is on the WAGN Railway line running from Hertford North to Moorgate, although at off-peark times, including weekends and bank holidays this line runs to Kings Cross. The nearest London Underground Station is the Bounds Green Station, situated on the corner of Bounds Green Road and Brownlow Road. Map of London Wall, Moorgate and Moorfields, 2004. ... Kings Cross refers to a district in two places: Kings Cross, London, England Kings Cross railway station is a major London railway terminus and Kings Cross, New South Wales is a district in Sydney, Australia Kings Cross railway station, Sydney is an underground railway station in Sydney. ...

Bowes Park is a small community dominated by Myddleton Road which houses a number of shops. In years gone by the street was alive with shops of all kinds including butchers, bakers, tea rooms and green grocers as well as many other types of shops.

There is a large Greek community still living in this area. and Vrisaki perhaps the best known Greek restraunt in the area is situated here.

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Bowes Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (271 words)
	Bowes Park is situated on the borders of Wood Green, Palmers Green and Bounds Green in London, England.
	Bowes Park is well connected, it has its own rail station Bowes Park railway station and Bounds Green tube station is located close by.
	Bowes Park station is on the Hertford Loop Line from Hertford to Central London terminating at either Moorgate or Kings Cross.

The Bowes Museum (452 words)
	The Bowes Museum was actually designed last century for John Bowes and Josephine Bowes as a state-of-the-art museum.
	Josephine and John Bowes were from very different backgrounds and their relationship was a very romantic one, a combination of opposites, but one which lead to a marriage which was successful from 1852 until Josephines early death in 1874.
	The result of this effort and their combined talents was The Josephine and John Bowes Museum, commonly known as Bowes Museum, this also being the source of the confusion over location.

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