Bulverton


Bulverton is a small hamlet on the outskirts of Sidmouth, Devon, England.

Area Information

Bulverton comprises low-density residential housing, areas of farmland and a wooded plantation and is connected by road to Sidmouth by the B3176.
During the Sidmouth Folk Week the area is the location of the Bulverton Late Night Extra.
Since 1963 much of the Bulverton area has fallen under the East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty:

History

Historically the area was a submanor of Balfour Manor, farmed from two locations Bulverton Farm and Bulverton Well Farm.
The view from Bulverton Hill is thought to have inspired 19th century poet and hymn writer John Keble who was a frequent visitor to Sidmouth. Keble's Seat at Bulverton Hill is named after him and commands a panoramic view of the Lower Otter Valley and Dartmoor in the distance.

Railway

The former Sidmouth Railway station is nearby, with the embankment still visible in certain areas. A proposed cycle route involving Sustrans may use part of the embankment in the future to link outlying towns and villages to Sidmouth.

Climate

The Met Office have a climate station at Sidmouth in the generality of Bulverton that records the comparatively mild United Kingdom climate.

In fiction

The Extremes is a BSFA award-winning 1998 science fiction novel by Christopher Priest, partly set in a fictional seaside resort town called Bulverton.

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