Private company
Bulldog Tools
British manufacturer of gardening and agricultural tools
Bulldog Tools is a British manufacturer of gardening and agricultural tools based in Ince in Makerfield, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The company was founded by William & Henry Parkes, and established in 1780 at the Clarington Forge site in Ince in Makerfield, near Wigan, then in Lancashire. Bulldog Tools is one of the oldest businesses still existing in the Wigan area today, still producing products on the same factory site as originally intended.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Bulldog Tools is a British manufacturer of gardening and agricultural tools based in Ince in Makerfield, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The company was founded by William & Henry Parkes, and established in 1780 at the Clarington Forge site in Ince in Makerfield, near Wigan, then in Lancashire. Bulldog Tools is one of the oldest businesses still existing in the Wigan area today, still producing products on the same factory site as originally intended. Bulldog spades were deployed by the British during WW1 to dig trenches and are still issued in the British military today. Today it is owned by the Rollins Group based in Harlow in Essex who acquired Bulldog Tools in 2004.2
Products and brands
- spade
Listed on Wikidata.1
Links
- WikipediaBulldog Tools
- WikidataQ4996729
Sources
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- 1WikidataBulldog Tools on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaBulldog Tools on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsBulldog Tools photo by Dave Green, CC BY-SA 2.0