Welney
Parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, Norfolk, England
| Coordinates: | 52.528, 0.258 |
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| OS grid ref: | TL 53 94 |
| Population: | 542 |
The village of Welney sits in the low-lying fenland of Norfolk within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk, close to the border with Cambridgeshire. It lies on the banks of the River Great Ouse beside the seasonal floodplain of the Ouse Washes, a landscape of wide skies, ditches and washland shaped by centuries of drainage and flood management.
Historically defined by land reclamation and agriculture, the local economy is largely rural but bolstered by nature tourism: the nearby RSPB Welney reserve is famous for wintering Bewick's and whooper swans and draws birdwatchers to an area where working farmland and wildlife conservation sit side by side. The result is a small, close-knit community with a distinctive fenland character and a quiet seasonal influx of visitors.
Postcode districts covering Welney
Most populated places nearby
- Peterborough 22.4 miles36 km
- Cambridge 23.2 miles37.3 km
- King's Lynn 17.5 miles28.2 km
- Wisbech 10.3 miles16.5 km
- Spalding 24.8 miles39.9 km
- Thetford 22 miles35.5 km
- Huntingdon 22.7 miles36.5 km
- March 7.3 miles11.7 km
- Newmarket 20.2 miles32.5 km
- Ely 8.7 miles14 km
- Mildenhall 15.5 miles25 km
- Whittlesey 16.4 miles26.3 km
Neighbouring places
- Welney Built-up area 0.6 miles1 km
- Christchurch Built-up area 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Upwell Parish 3.5 miles5.6 km
- Nordelph Parish 3.8 miles6.2 km
- Upwell & Delph Ward 4 miles6.4 km
- Manea Built-up area 4.6 miles7.4 km
- Downham Parish 5 miles8 km
- Upwell and Outwell Built-up area 5.1 miles8.3 km
- Littleport Built-up area 5.3 miles8.5 km
- Fordham Parish 5.4 miles8.7 km
- Pymoor Built-up area 5.6 miles9 km
- Southery Built-up area 5.7 miles9.2 km
Example postcodes in Welney
CB6 1UG, PE14 9RA, PE14 9RB, PE14 9RN, CB6 1UF, PE14 9SP, PE14 9SG, PE14 9RG, CB6 1TZ … See all
Transport links
- Norwich International Airport 44.2 miles71.1 km
- Stansted Airport 44.4 miles71.5 km
- Manea Railway Station 4 miles6.4 km
- Littleport Railway Station 5.1 miles8.3 km
Hotels near Welney Ad
- Crown Lodge Hotel 4 5.7 miles9.2 km
- Ye Olde Griffin 3 7.3 miles11.7 km
- Poets House 8.9 miles14.3 km
- Riverside Inn 5 9.3 miles14.9 km
- Oliver Cromwell Hotel 7.3 miles11.8 km
- Lamb Hotel by Greene King Inns 3 8.8 miles14.2 km
- The High Flyer 8.7 miles14.1 km
Local points of interest
- Ouse Washes Nature reserve 6.2 miles9.9 km
- Stow Hall Gardens Gardens 9.2 miles14.8 km
- Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 15.1 miles24.3 km
- Lynford Hall Estate 17.9 miles28.8 km
- Must Farm Pile-dwelling Site Archaeological site 18.3 miles29.5 km