Life in Greater Manchester's millionaire village with 24-hour security and a house price boom - but no café or shops

Walk along the pretty tree-lined avenues of Bowdon on any morning of the week, and it is a hive of activity.

Joggers pound the pavements and dog walkers are out in force, many heading down to the village's popular public park Denzell Gardens and the Devisdale.

To get there, you wander past the huge white-washed mansions and modern glass-fronted palaces that are a signature of this part of Greater Manchester - which is by some margin the region's most-expensive village to live.

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But be careful not to gawp too long at the dream properties here - for most are under the watchful eye of 24-hour security firms who patrol the streets, a necessary part of life for the super-rich here.

In the most recent statistics published this week, four of the top ten priciest streets to live in Greater Manchester were in Bowdon.

The rest were in its neighbouring towns of Hale and Hale Barns, all in Altrincham.

Three streets in Bowdon have average house prices over £1.8mn, while the village's Green Walk has an average house price of a staggering £2.3m.

Even to buy a traditional three-bed semi or terraced property in Bowdon you're looking at paying in excess of £600,000.

With such a wealth of huge mansions lining its leafy avenues it has naturally become a hotspot place to live for the region's many millionaire entrepreneurs, footballers and famous faces.

You could wander past a Coronation Street star, a Manchester United legend, Real Housewife of Cheshire or even a rock and roll icon here.

But despite the sheer wealth of the residents in Bowdon, this most desirable of locations is missing one surprising detail at its heart - there are