Watlington, Norfolk

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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.

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.

External links

• Map sources for Watlington, Norfolk.
• Information from Genuki Norfolk on Watlington.