page_title: Bulphan
hierarchical_section_title: Bulphan
caption_attribution_description: English: The Parish Church, Bulphan, Essex.
context_page_description: Bulphan is a village in the borough of Thurrock in the East of England and one of the traditional parishes in Thurrock.
  Bulphan forms part of the Orsett ward of Thurrock Council, and is part of the South Basildon and East Thurrock parliamentary constituency. It is located 21 miles east north-east of Charing Cross in London. The Upminster post town forms a long, thin protrusion eastwards over the M25 motorway and the Greater London boundary in order to include the village.
  The main features of Bulphan are the Bulphan Village Hall and Park, St Mary The Virgin Church, and Bulphan Church Of England Academy Primary School. The church is a grade I listed building.
  Bulphan's original village shop closed down in 2012. However, a new community-run shop and post office opened in early 2020, in a side extension of the village hall.
  Bulphan has two bus services: the 265, which runs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays between Grays and West Horndon and the 565 to Brentwood Station via West Horndon. School buses run to Shenfield School and Sockets Heath. The nearest railway station is three miles away.
  Nearest places are Laindon, North Ockendon, Orsett and West Horndon.
context_section_description: Bulphan (pronounced 'Bul-ven') is a village in the borough of Thurrock in the East of England and one of the traditional (Church of England) parishes in Thurrock.
  Bulphan forms part of the Orsett ward of Thurrock Council, and is part of the South Basildon and East Thurrock parliamentary constituency. It is located 21 miles (34 km) east north-east of Charing Cross in London. The Upminster post town forms a long, thin protrusion eastwards over the M25 motorway and the Greater London boundary in order to include the village.
  The main features of Bulphan are the Bulphan Village Hall and Park, St Mary The Virgin Church, and Bulphan Church Of England Academy Primary School. The church is a grade I listed building.
  Bulphan's original village shop closed down in 2012. However, a new community-run shop and post office opened in early 2020, in a side extension of the village hall.
  Bulphan has two bus services: the 265, which runs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays between Grays and West Horndon and the 565 to Brentwood Station via West Horndon (6 times per day, Monday to Saturday). School buses run to Shenfield School and Sockets Heath. The nearest railway station is three miles away.
  Nearest places are Laindon, North Ockendon, Orsett and West Horndon.
caption: St Mary the Virgin church
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