Walney Island

Walney Island, also known as the Isle of Walney, is an island off the west coast of England, at the western end of in the . The island is in and is also located within the boundaries of the historic county of .
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Photo: Lee Masson, Public domain.
  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Cumbria, England, UK
  • Also known as: “isla de Walney”, “Isle of Walney”, “otok Walney”, and “ウォルニー島”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Walney School and St Mary the Virgin’s Church, Walney.

School
Walney Academy is a secondary school on Walney Island in , .

Church
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary the Virgin's Church is located on the…

Museum
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is situated in , , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vickerstown and North Scale.

Suburb
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an area of , …

Village
is a village and one of only four settlements on the Isle of Walney, Cumbria, England.

Photo: Stevvvv4444, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an industrial town and seaport in , at the tip of the Furness peninsula.

Walney Island

Latitude
54.10893° or 54° 6′ 32″ north
Longitude
-3.26277° or 3° 15′ 46″ west
Population
13,000
Elevation
69 feet (21 metres)
IATA airport code
BWF
Open location code
9C6R4P5P+HV
Geo­Names ID
2634859
Wiki­data ID
Q494853
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Walney Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “والني (جزيرة)”
  • Arabic: “والني”
  • Cebuano: “Walney Island”
  • Chinese: “沃尔尼岛”
  • Dutch: “Walney Island”
  • French: “Walney”
  • German: “Walney Island”
  • Hebrew: “האי וולני”
  • Japanese: “南ウェルニー島”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Walney Island”
  • Polish: “Walney”
  • Serbian: “Вални”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Walney”
  • Slovenian: “Walney”
  • Spanish: “Isla Walney”
  • Swedish: “Walney Island”
  • Welsh: “Ynys Walney”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: North Walney and Tummer Hill.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Beacon Brow (Walney) and Barrow In Furness.

Cumbria: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness.

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