Welcome To Bulkington, Wiltshire
This Is Us....
Bulkington, Wiltshire is a quiet farming village on
the edge of Salisbury Plain close to the market towns
of Devizes and Trowbridge, and a short distance from the beautiful town of Marlborough. The world renowned cities of Bath, to the west, and Salisbury, to the south, are both a forty minute drive.
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For many years a well kept secret, this lovely area of Wessex benefits hugely from its local geology with chalk downland and clay vales. The iconic White Horses at Westbury and Cherhill, the tranquil Vale of Pewsey and, of course, the world heritage site of Stonehenge, are all within east striking distance.
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Here you will find information about our village community, the services on offer, everything on the work of our Parish Council, a wealth of Bulkington Village History and all kinds of other useful local information.
How we were.....
We estimate this photograph to be roughly between 1905 - 1911. The landlord’s name on the pub sign is Axford, which would be John Axford. He was the landlord of the Bell at the time of the 1911 census.
Village Community Events
Can you help?
Happy New Year! We have just spent 40 minutes at the bus stop tidying and sorting out the overflowing book library. I've taken away two huge bags of books and will donate to a charity. It's now looking lovely and tidy. Please can I make a request that if you want to donate books to the library, only leave books if there is space or take some away with you...there's lots of choice and variety. Thank you!
Claire Jones
A clever village crocheter!' Post Box topper for Christmas.
Stay up to date with the latest news from Bulkington
The Parish Council now has all it's documents in a dedicated area - please see above 'documents' for agendas, minutes, budgets and policies etc.
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For general maintenance issues (potholes, blocked gullies, street lighting etc) reports can now be entered onto the ‘MyWilts’ system. ‘MyWilts’ is the new way to report issues to Wiltshire Council and replaces the MyWiltshire app. ‘MyWilts’ is a live system which allows the public to log maintenance requests.
Once registered, users will receive automatic progress reports on their case.
It is vital that general maintenance issues are logged onto the ‘MyWilts’, as it provides the most efficient and accurate method of tracking requests on our highway network. This link will take you the ‘MyWilts’ site: MyWilts online reporting - Wiltshire Council.
DEFIBRILLATOR
DEFIBRILLATOR
The Defibrillator is located outside The Well in Bulkington.
In an emergency ring 999 and give the location of the equipment as "The Well, Bulkington". The emergency services will provide you with information and as well as despatching an ambulance. The equipment is user friendly and a video is available to view below
POLICE REPORTING
In the event of a break-in or suspicious activity in the village, please report it to the Police immediately - it only takes a moment to make a report online: https://www.wiltshire.police.uk/ro/report/. In an emergency, or if you need urgent police assistance, you should always dial 999. You can also report suspicious activity by contacting the police in confidence on 0800 789 321.
The advice to stay safe is to lock doors, don’t leave keys in the car, remove valuables and report everything straight away. Police are investigating the recent break-ins using CCTV footage and villager reports and will be supporting us with regular Police Patrols.
The police advise that an active Neighbourhood watch scheme is also a good deterrent to crime. If there is any appetite for re-instating the Neighbourhood watch scheme in Bulkington and there are active volunteers to run it, the Parish Council can assist you in forming a group.