Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Lancashire, Cheshire and Cumbria

North West England: the most alleys of any region

With 49 venues, the North West has more places to bowl than any other region of the UK. Manchester city centre alone has Lane7, Wynwood, Tenpin Printworks, King Pins and two Roxy venues.

Most lanesHollywood Bowl Wigan · 28 lanes

Lowest game rate foundTenpin Warrington · £4.90

Latest closingTenpin Manchester Printworks · 02:30

Online booking26 of 49 alleys

Hollywood Bowl chain photograph; may show another branch.

Wigan Bowl, Wallgate, Wigan WN3 4AG

28 lanesHours listed  Open to the public

Twenty-eight lanes in the Wigan Bowl building on Wallgate, a site of its own.

Tenpin photograph from another Tenpin venue; it may not show this branch.

Unit 5B & 6, Chester Retail Park, Old Seals Way, Chester, CH1 4RY

28 lanesHours listed from £9.95 U16s with an adult after 21:00

Two floors of lanes and two cocktail bars on Old Seals Way, near Hoole and Boughton.

Tenpin chain photograph; may show another branch.

Tenpin Warrington

4.2 (1.7k)

10-15 Chetham Ct, Warrington WA2 8RF

28 lanesHours listed from £4.90 Open to the public

A former LA Bowl at Winwick Quay that publishes online prices for one, two or three games.

Hollywood Bowl chain photograph; may show another branch.

25-27 The Linkway, Horwich, Bolton BL6 6JA

26 lanesHours listed  Open to the public

The Bolton bowl is in Horwich: 26 lanes on The Linkway, with interactive darts and live sport.

Hollywood Bowl chain photograph; may show another branch.

Ashton Leisure Park, Fold Way, Ashton-under-Lyne OL7 0PG

26 lanesHours listed  Open to the public

Hollywood Bowl's 'Manchester' centre is out in Ashton-under-Lyne, with 26 lanes on Fold Way.

Photograph from Tenpin Manchester Parrs Wood.

Parrs Wood Entertainment Centre, Wilmslow Rd, East Didsbury, Manchester M20 5PG

26 lanesHours listed from £9.95 Open to the public

Twenty-six lanes in East Didsbury's Parrs Wood Entertainment Centre, with Prison Putt mini golf.

Tenpin chain photograph; may show another branch.

Tenpin Crewe

4.4 (362)

Unit 1, Phoenix Leisure Park, Dunwoody Way, Crewe CW1 3AJ

25 lanesHours listed from £8.30 Open to the public

Twenty-five lanes with TV booths at Phoenix Leisure Park, opened in February 2023.

Hollywood Bowl chain photograph; may show another branch.

Hollywood Bowl Bury

4.1 (1.2k)

11 The Rock, Bury BL9 0JX

24 lanesHours listed  Open to the public

Twenty-four lanes at number 11 The Rock, Bury's shopping and leisure scheme, with live sport.

Hollywood Bowl chain photograph; may show another branch.

Currock Road, Carlisle CA2 4AS

24 lanesHours listed  Open to the public

Carlisle's standalone 24-lane bowl on Currock Road, with weekday doors opening at noon.

Hollywood Bowl photograph from another Hollywood Bowl venue; it may not show this branch.

Edge Lane Retail Park, Montrose Way, Liverpool, L13 1EW

24 lanesHours listed  Open to the public

Liverpool's Edge Lane bowl: 24 standard lanes on Montrose Way and charging points on site.

Photograph from Red Rose Bowl.

Red Rose Bowl

4.1 (1.1k)

50 Greenbank St, Preston PR1 7PH

24 lanesHours listed from £7 Open to the public

A family-run 24-lane centre on Greenbank Street with eleven free dartboards.

Photograph from Tenpin Blackburn.

Tenpin Blackburn

4.2 (926)

Peel Leisure and Retail Park, Mayson St, Blackburn BB1 1AQ

24 lanesHours listed from £9.95 Open to the public

Twenty-four lanes on Mayson Street, with a halal menu and a corner for table tennis and air hockey.

Tenpin photograph from another Tenpin venue; it may not show this branch.

Unit 1, Festival Leisure Park, Rigby Road, Blackpool, FY1 5EP

24 lanesHours listed from £9.95 Open to the public

Rigby Road lanes just back from the Promenade, with soft play for small children beside them.

Tenpin photograph from another Tenpin venue; it may not show this branch.

Coliseum Leisure Park, Coliseum Way, Cheshire Oaks, Cheshire, CH65 9HD

24 lanesHours listed from £9.95 Open to the public

Twenty-four lanes at Coliseum Leisure Park, close to the outlet village and the motorway.

Atlantic Bowl

Atlantic Bowl

4.3 (586)

Unit A1, Atlantic Street Retail Park, Atlantic Street, Altrincham

22 lanesHours listed  Open to the public

Eighteen free-fall lanes and a private four-lane VIP suite on Atlantic Street Retail Park.

Tenpin chain photograph; may show another branch.

Unit 1, Harpurhey Shopping Centre, Rochdale Rd, Harpurhey, Manchester M9 4DH

20 lanesHours listed from £8.30 Open to the public

North Manchester's Tenpin inside Harpurhey Shopping Centre, opened in summer 2025.

Tenpin photograph from another Tenpin venue; it may not show this branch.

Ocean Plaza, Marine Dr, Southport, Merseyside, PR8 1RY

20 lanesHours listed from £7.95 Open to the public

Seafront lanes at Ocean Plaza on Marine Drive, with free parking and table tennis.

Namco Funscape photograph from another Namco Funscape venue; it may not show this branch.

14 The Orient, The Trafford Centre, Stretford Manchester M17 8ED

18 lanesHours listed  Open to the public

Eighteen lanes, dodgems and a big arcade in The Orient, the Trafford Centre's dining hall.

Tenpin chain photograph; may show another branch.

Tenpin Rochdale

4.1 (999)

3, Sandbrook Leisure Park, Rochdale OL11 1RY

18 lanesHours listed from £8.65 Open to the public

Eighteen lanes on the edge of town, with interactive darts, laser tag and free parking outside.

Hollywood Bowl chain photograph; may show another branch.

New Mersey Retail Park Speke, Road, Liverpool L24 8QB

16 lanesHours listed  Open to the public

A 16-lane Hollywood Bowl on Speke Road, at the New Mersey Retail Park.

Hollywood Bowl chain photograph; may show another branch.

Unit 1-9, Animate, Tenterfield St, Preston PR1 2BL

16 lanesHours listed  Open to the public

Sixteen lanes in Preston's Animate complex, a £2.9 million centre opened in March 2025.

King Pins chain photograph; may show another branch.

Trafford Palazzo, Barton Dock Rd, Trafford Park, Stretford, Manchester M17 8AS

15 lanesHours listed from £9 Open to the public

King Pins' flagship: 15 ten-pin lanes over the footbridge from the Trafford Centre.

Photograph from Tenpin Manchester Printworks.

The Printworks, 27 Withy Grove, Manchester M4 2BS

14 lanesHours listed from £7.30 Open to the public

Fourteen UV-lit lanes in the Printworks, two minutes' walk from Manchester Victoria.

Photograph from Lane7 Manchester.

Lane7 Manchester

4.8 (4.5k)

Unit 3, 235 Deansgate, Manchester M3 4EN

11 lanesHours listed  Open to the public

Eleven lanes arranged around a wraparound bar at 235 Deansgate.

Archive capture of the venue website.

Victoria Rd E, Thornton-Cleveleys FY5 3SX

10 lanesHours listed  Open to the public

Ten UV-lit lanes inside a Thornton fitness centre, next to new soft play and a Ninja Tag course.

Archive capture of the venue website.

Soul Bowl

4.4 (1.2k)

Central Promenade, Morecambe LA4 4BU

10 lanesHours listed from £9.95 Open to the public

Ten wood-finished lanes at Pleasureland, with an Italian kitchen and games bar on the Morecambe front.

Level Preston – Odin's Bowl

Preston Guild Hall, Lancaster Road, Preston

8 lanesHours listed from £30 a lane Age 5+; under-18 limits

Boutique lanes with walnut-coloured finishes on the second level of a multi-floor leisure venue.

Star Pins chain photograph; may show another branch.

7 School Lane, Liverpool L1 3AQ

8 lanesHours listed from £9 Open to the public

The former Roxy Lanes basement on School Lane, reopened in 2026 as a family-friendly Star Pins.

Roxy photograph from another Roxy venue; it may not show this branch.

Roxy Ball Room Manchester Arndale, Withy Grove, Manchester, M4 3AQ

6 lanesHours listed from £10 Open to the public

Roxy's only Manchester venue with ten-pin, a short walk from Victoria Station.

The Copper Bowl at The Flower Bowl

Garstang Road, Brock, Preston

6 lanesHours listed from £12 Under-18s with an adult 21+

Six boutique lanes under a grass-covered roof, alongside curling, a cinema and crazy golf.

Archive capture of the venue website.

Wynwood Lanes

4.4 (1.8k)

57 Whitworth St W, Manchester M1 5WW

5 lanesHours listed from £9.50 Open to the public

The old Dog Bowl, now a Miami-themed bar with five lanes, free darts and dogs still welcome.

Roxy photograph from another Roxy venue; it may not show this branch.

8, 8a Rainford Square, Liverpool L2 6PX

4 lanesHours listed from £10 Open to the public

A pool-heavy games bar in the Cavern Quarter with four ten-pin lanes on Rainford Square.

Photograph from Walterz Entertainment Centre.

Entertainment Centre, Newton Hall Holiday Park, Walterz, Staining Rd, Blackpool FY3 0AX

4 lanesHours listed from £40 a lane Open to the public

A £1.5m games venue on a Staining holiday park, with four lanes and private karaoke booths.

Bowland Social

Holmes Mill, Greenacre Street, Clitheroe

Hours listed  18+ only from 19:00

Duckpin lanes, digital darts and crazy golf inside Holmes Mill, next to the Bowland Brewery Beer Hall.

Bromborough Bowl

Bromborough Bowl

4.5 (673)

1 Bassendale Road, Bromborough, Wirral

Hours listed  Open to the public

A classic Wirral alley that kept its lane screens for privacy and leaves bowling shoes optional.

Karaoke room from Disco Bowl; chain photograph may show another branch.

Discobowl Burnley

4.5 (2.8k)

Finsley Gate, Burnley BB11 2HE

Hours listed from £9.50 Open to the public

Burnley's former MFA Bowl on Finsley Gate, relaunched by Discobowl with karaoke boxes and crazy golf.

Disco Bowl photograph from another Disco Bowl venue; it may not show this branch.

Discobowl Warrington, Golden Square Shopping Centre, Warrington, Cheshire WA1 1QE

Hours listed from £8 Open to the public

Bowling inside Golden Square Shopping Centre, with a soft play zone for younger children.

King Pins photograph from another King Pins venue; it may not show this branch.

Market Street, New Cannon Street Mall, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M4 3AQ

Hours listed from £9 Open to the public

Ten-pin and duckpin side by side in the Arndale, plus batting cages and a Wild West shooting range.

Lane7 photograph from another Lane7 venue; it may not show this branch.

Lane7 Altrincham

4.9 (1.2k)

6 Stamford New Road, Altrincham, WA14 1EJ

Hours listed from £11 Open to the public

Town-centre lanes on Stamford New Road, with karaoke for groups of ten and 01:00 weekend finishes.

Photograph from Lane7 Liverpool.

Lane7 Liverpool

4.7 (1k)

Clayton Square, Cases St, Liverpool L1 1QR

Hours listed from £9.50 Open to the public

Clayton Square games bar with its own darts pub, Three Arrows, beside the lanes.

Local Bowling Hyde

54 Market Street, Hyde (ex Wilko building)

from £5 Open to the public

Low-cost bowling and cricket nets in a converted town-centre store opposite Hyde Library.

Riverside Bowl

Riverside Bowl

4.1 (914)

Marine Promenade, New Brighton, Wallasey CH45 2JS

Hours listed from £6 Open to the public

New Brighton promenade lanes with Laser Quest, Saturday disco bowling and cheaper online games.

Roxy photograph from another Roxy venue; it may not show this branch.

Roxy Ball Room Manchester Deansgate, Deansgate, Manchester M3 2FN

Hours listed from £12 Open to the public

A two-floor games bar on Deansgate where bowling means short duckpin lanes.

Spinners Chester

11-13 Frodsham Street, Chester CH1 3JJ

Hours listed  Under-18s until 19:00

A darts and games bar where bowling means duckpin, with a car park next door.

Superbowl UK Macclesfield

Lyme Green Business Park, London Road, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK11 0TB

Hours listed  Open to the public

Ten-pin and Laser Quest near Matalan on Lyme Green Business Park.

Superbowl UK St Helens

Linkway West, A58, Saint Helens WA10 1QA

Hours listed  Open to the public

Lanes above a retail park on the A58, with parking extended at the bar.

Archive capture of the venue website.

The Hive Leisure Park, Earle Road, Widnes WA8 0TA

Hours listed  Open to the public

A Superbowl UK centre on The Hive Leisure Park, flanked by the Reel Cinema and the ice rink.

Archive capture of the venue website.

reBel Social

4.8 (167)

Unit 7 Market St, Union St, Chorley PR7 1FD

from £6.50 Open to the public

The old Escape unit in Market Walk, relaunched with lanes, karaoke and a football cage.

Questions

North West bowling questions

Where can I bowl late in Manchester?

Tenpin Manchester Printworks is open until 02:30 at the weekend and Wynwood Lanes until 02:00. Lane7 on Deansgate closes at 01:00.

Which North West alleys have the most lanes?

Hollywood Bowl Wigan, Tenpin Chester and Tenpin Warrington have 28 lanes each.

What happened to Roxy Lanes on School Lane in Liverpool?

It reopened in 2026 as Star Pins Liverpool, a family-friendly venue with eight lanes.

Manchester and Liverpool

Tenpin Printworks runs until 02:30 at the weekend and Wynwood Lanes, the old Dog Bowl, until 02:00. King Pins' flagship at Trafford Palazzo has 15 ten-pin lanes plus duckpin and mini golf, and Atlantic Bowl in Altrincham keeps four lanes in a private VIP suite.

Liverpool has Hollywood Bowl at Edge Lane and Speke, Lane7 in Clayton Square, Gravity MAX on Kenyon's Steps and Star Pins in the former Roxy Lanes on School Lane, reopened in 2026.

Lancashire, Cheshire and Cumbria

Hollywood Bowl Wigan and Tenpin Chester and Warrington have 28 lanes each, and Hollywood Bowl opened a £2.9 million centre in Preston's Animate complex in 2025. Carlisle's standalone Hollywood Bowl on Currock Road is the region's northern outpost.

On the coast, Soul Bowl on the Morecambe promenade stays open until 01:30, Riverside Bowl at New Brighton runs Saturday disco sessions, and The Copper Bowl near Preston has six lanes under a grass-covered roof.