Welney
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Welney is a village and civil parish in the Fens of England and the county of Norfolk. The village is about south-west of the town of Downham Market, south of the town of King's Lynn and west of the city of Norwich. The county boundary with Cambridgeshire is adjacent, with the city of Cambridge to the south.
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Place details
- Locality
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 542
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TL526940
- UK place.official_name
- Welney
- UK place.population
- 542
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 20.73
- UK place.shire_district
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- UK place.shire_county
- Norfolk
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.civil_parish
- Welney
- UK place.postcode_district
- PE14
- UK place.postcode_area
- PE
- UK place.post_town
- WISBECH
- UK place.dial_code
- 01354
- UK place.static_image_name
- St Mary's Church and water tower - geograph.org.uk - 432107.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Mary's Church, Welney
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Encyclopedic overview
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Welney is a village and civil parish in the Fens of England and the county of Norfolk. The village is about south-west of the town of Downham Market, south of the town of King's Lynn and west of the city of Norwich. The county boundary with Cambridgeshire is adjacent, with the city of Cambridge to the south.
Welney is immediately to the west of the Old Bedford River, River Delph and New Bedford River, which are parallel channels and are here crossed by the A1101 road.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Welney” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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