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Welney is a village and civil parish in the Fens of England, and the county of Norfolk. The village is situated immediately to the west of parallel Old Bedford River, River Delph and New Bedford River, which are here crossed by the A1101 road. The village is some south-west of the town of Downham Market, south of the town of King's Lynn and west of the city of Norwich. The county boundary with Cambridgeshire is adjacent, and the city of Cambridge lies to the south.〔Ordnance Survey (1999). ''OS Explorer Map 228 - March & Ely''. ISBN 0-319-21860-0.〕 It covers an area of and had a population of 528 in 217 households at the 2001 census,〔(Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes ). Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.〕 the population increasing to 542 at the 2011 Census.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Parish population 2011 )〕 For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. In the 14th century, Welney was called ''Wellenhe'', meaning "a river called Welle" (the old name of the Old Croft River). In the second half of the 19th century, Welney became famous for its skaters. Welney is situated on the Ouse Washes, an internationally important area of wildlife conservation. WWT Welney is a nature reserve in the care of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust. Nearby, there are also the RSPB Ouse Washes, a reserve managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. ==Listen to Welney== *(BBC Radio 4 nature programme from Welney ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Welney」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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