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Bulwell is a market town and former civil parish in the City of Nottingham district of Nottinghamshire, England. It lies south-west of Hucknall and to the north-west of Nottingham city centre. The 2011 census recorded its population at 29,771, which amounted to over 10% of the city's population; 16,157 was recorded for the Bulwell ward of Nottingham City Council. The adjacent ward, Bulwell Forest, which includes Highbury Vale, Rise Park and the west of Top Valley, had a population of 13,614 at the same census.

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UK place.official_name
Bulwell
UK place.type
Town
UK place.country
England
UK place.region
East Midlands
UK place.population
29,771
UK place.population_ref
(Bulwell and Bulwell Forest wards, 2011)
UK place.os_grid_reference
SK 53882 45189
UK place.static_image_name
Main Street, Bulwell - geograph.org.uk - 7643518.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
Main Street
UK place.map_type
Nottinghamshire
UK place.post_town
NOTTINGHAM
UK place.postcode_area
NG
UK place.postcode_district
NG6
UK place.dial_code
0115
UK place.constituency_westminster
Nottingham North and Kimberley
UK place.unitary_england
City of Nottingham
UK place.shire_county
Nottinghamshire

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Population
29771
Image
Bulwell Main Street, looking north - geograph.org.uk - 1465743.jpg
Dialing code
0115
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postal code
NG6
Commons category
Bulwell
OS grid reference
SK539451
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25 sections
Contents
  • Toponymy
  • History
  • Early settlers
  • 1100–1600
  • 1600–1900
  • Bulwell Hall
  • S.T. Cooper and the National School
  • Civil parish
  • Boundary changes
  • 1900–present
  • Geography
  • Bulwell Bogs
  • Transport
  • Tram
  • Railway
  • Buses
  • Education
  • Amenities
  • Life in Bulwell
  • Crime
  • In popular culture
  • Notable people
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Bulwell is a market town and former civil parish in the City of Nottingham district of Nottinghamshire, England. It lies south-west of Hucknall and to the north-west of Nottingham city centre. The 2011 census recorded its population at 29,771, which amounted to over 10% of the city's population; 16,157 was recorded for the Bulwell ward of Nottingham City Council. The adjacent ward, Bulwell Forest, which includes Highbury Vale, Rise Park and the west of Top Valley, had a population of 13,614 at the same census.

==Toponymy== The name is thought to derive from the spring called "Bull Well", which runs out of the Bunter sandstone over a bed of clay, near the north end of the forest. The Place Names of Notts suggests that the first part of the name may stand for an Anglo Saxon person called Bulla or describe the bubbling sound produced by the flowing water of the spring.

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