Watlington, Norfolk
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Watlington is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated some 2 km from the east bank of the River Great Ouse, 12 km south of the town of King's Lynn and 60 km west of the city of Norwich.
The civil parish has an area of 6.93 km² and in the 2001 census had a population of 2,031 in 852 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.
The village is served by Watlington railway station (on the Fen Line between Cambridge and King's Lynn) which is situated 1 km from the centre of the village.
The village should not be confused with the town of Watlington in Oxfordshire.
[edit] References
- ^ Ordnance Survey (1999). OS Explorer Map 236 - King's Lynn, Downham Market & Swaffham. ISBN 0-319-21867-8.
- ^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved December 2, 2005.
[edit] External links
- Map sources for Watlington, Norfolk.
- Information from Genuki Norfolk on Watlington.
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