East of England
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King’s Lynn & West Norfolk District

King’s Lynn

King's Lynn is the third largest town in in with a population of 42,800. It is a town with great history, having being founded in medieval times, and is situated towards the west of the county on the Great Ouse river and near the Wash estuary.
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  • Type: Town with 42,800 residents
  • Description: market town in the county of Norfolk, England
  • Also known as: “Bishop’s Lynn”, “Kings Lynn”, and “Lynn”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include King’s Lynn railway station and King’s Lynn Minster.

Railway station
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King's Lynn railway station is the northern terminus of the Fen line in the , serving the town of King's Lynn, Norfolk. It is 41 miles 47 chains from and 96 miles 75 chains measured from .

Church
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St Margaret's Church, King's Lynn, entitled King's Lynn Minster since 2011, is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in King's Lynn, .

Arts center
Photo: Paul Shreeve, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a Grade I listed building in King's Lynn, , England. The Guild of St George was founded in 1376 and constructed the Guildhall between 1410 and 1420.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include West Lynn.

Village
Photo: Martin Pearman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a suburb of King's Lynn in , England, situated on the west bank of the River Great Ouse. It is linked to the main part of the town, on the east bank, either by a passenger ferry or via a more circuitous 4 kilometres road journey.

King’s Lynn

Latitude
52.7539° or 52° 45′ 14″ north
Longitude
0.3955° or 0° 23′ 44″ east
Population
42,800
Elevation
33 feet (10 metres)
IATA airport code
KNF
United Nations Location Code
GB KLN
Open location code
9F42Q93W+G5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26701172
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2645456
Wiki­data ID
Q157341
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“King’s Lynn” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “King’s Lynn”
  • Basque: “King’s Lynn”
  • Belarusian: “Кінгс-Лін”
  • Bengali: “কিংস লিন”
  • Bulgarian: “Кингс Лин”
  • Catalan: “Bishop’s Lynn”
  • Catalan: “King’s Lynn”
  • Catalan: “Lynn”
  • Cebuano: “King’s Lynn”
  • Chinese: “京士連”
  • Chinese: “金斯林”
  • Czech: “King’s Lynn”
  • Dutch: “Bishop’s Lynn”
  • Dutch: “King’s Lynn”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كينجز لين”
  • Esperanto: “King’s Lynn”
  • Finnish: “King’s Lynn”
  • French: “King’s Lynn”
  • German: “King’s Lynn”
  • German: “Kings Lynn”
  • Greek: “Κινγκς Λινν”
  • Gujarati: “કિંગ્સ લિન”
  • Hebrew: “קינגס לין”
  • Hungarian: “King’s Lynn”
  • Icelandic: “King’s Lynn”
  • Indonesian: “King’s Lynn”
  • Irish: “King’s Lynn”
  • Italian: “King’s Lynn”
  • Japanese: “キングス・リン”
  • Japanese: “キングズ・リン”
  • Kannada: “ಕಿಂಗ್ಸ್ ಲಿನ್”
  • Korean: “킹스린”
  • Ladin: “King’s Lynn”
  • Latvian: “Kingslinna”
  • Lithuanian: “Kings Linas”
  • Low German: “King’s Lynn”
  • Malay: “King’s Lynn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “King’s Lynn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kings Lynn”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “King’s Lynn”
  • Norwegian: “King’s Lynn”
  • Persian: “کینگز لین”
  • Polish: “King’s Lynn”
  • Portuguese: “King’s Lynn”
  • Romanian: “King’s Lynn”
  • Russian: “Кингс-Линн”
  • Russian: “Кингслинн”
  • Russian: “Лин”
  • Russian: “Линн”
  • Silesian: “King’s Lynn”
  • Slovak: “King’s Lynn”
  • Slovenian: “King’s Lynn”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کینقز لین”
  • Spanish: “Bishop’s Lynn”
  • Spanish: “King’s Lynn”
  • Spanish: “Lynn Regis”
  • Swedish: “King’s Lynn”
  • Tamil: “கிங் ‘ஸ் லின்”
  • Telugu: “కింగ్స్ లిన్”
  • Turkish: “King’s Lynn”
  • Ukrainian: “Кінгс-Лінн”
  • Urdu: “کنگ ’ س لینن”
  • Volapük: “King’s Lynn”
  • Welsh: “King’s Lynn”
  • Western Frisian: “King’s Lynn”
  • Yue Chinese: “京士連”
  • “King’s Lynn”

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