Bulwell
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![Bulwell Hall in 1879, from The County Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, by Francis Orpen Morris.](/Images/godic/202501/02/CS_p4.208_-_Bulwell_Hall,_Nottinghamshire_-_Morris's_County_Seats,_18791417.jpg")
![Bulwell Bogs](/Images/godic/202501/02/Bulwell_Bogs_View_of_Bridge_to_train_station_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5822881417.jpg")
Bulwell is an English market town about 4.5 miles (7 km) northwest of Nottingham city centre, on the northern edge of the city. The United Kingdom Census 2001 showed there were almost 30,000 people living in the Bulwell area, accounting for over 10% of the population of the city of Nottingham. The 2011 census showed a population of 16,157 in the Bulwell ward of Nottingham City Council. There is also an adjacent ward called Bulwell Forest. The population of this ward at the same census was 13,614.