Great Bowden is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England.

[1] Places nearby include Market Harborough, Little Bowden, Sutton Bassett, Foxton and Thorpe Langton.

The village was included in the Domesday Book, under the name 'Bugedone' and was worth 40 shillings per year to the King.

Great Bowden was the centre of a large soke, which is known to have existed during the time of Edward the Confessor.

[5]The Great Bowden parish historically included Market Harborough and parts of St Mary in Arden.