Bulwick

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Bulwick
Northamptonshire
Queens Head, Bulwick.jpg
The Queen's Head, Bulwick
Location
Grid reference: SP962942
Location: 52°32’14"N, 0°34’56"W
Data
Population: 171  (2011)
Post town: Corby
Postcode: NN17
Dialling code: 01780
Local Government
Council: North Northamptonshire
Parliamentary
constituency:
Corby

Bulwick is a small village in Northamptonshire, about six miles north-east of Corby, just off the A43 road. The Willow Brook runs through the village. The 2011 recorded a population of 171

Bulwick Park;, home of the Tryon family

The village's name means 'bull specialised farm'.[1]

The village Church of England parish church is St Nicholas.

About the village

Bulwick Meadows

Nearby are Bulwick Meadows, of which 10 acres have been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest.[2] These are marshy meadows in the flood plain of the Willow Brook. They have diverse wetland flora, including rare species: it is the only known locality in the county for the flat-sedge Blysmus compressus and common bistort. It is also one of the very few sites in the county where snipe breed.

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