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Bulkington

Bulkington is a large village in the Nuneaton and Bedworth borough of Warwickshire, England which has a population of around 8,000. It is located around 6 miles (10km) north-east of Coventry, and near the towns of Nuneaton and Bedworth.

Bulkington is largely a commuter village for those nearby towns.

The village was well known by the author George Eliot who referred to it as Raveloe in her book Silas Marner (1861).

The village has been declared a conservation area and no major housing or industrial development is permitted.

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