Willow Grove has been home to three well-known bowling alleys over the past six decades, including the Willow Grove Park Bowling Lanes, Thunderbird Lanes, and the recently opened Tilted 10.
Willow Grove Park Bowling Lanes
The Willow Grove Park Bowling Lanes were built in 1961 and had 116 lanes, which made the facility the largest bowling alley in the world at the time. The alley was part of the larger Willow Grove Amusement Park and featured three restaurants and its own nursery.
The park closed down in 1975 and the building was demolished sometime between then and the early 1980s. The site is now home to a strip shopping center next to Willow Grove Park mall…