West Lynn is a village and former

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

, now in the

unparished area In England, an unparished area is an area that is not covered by a civil parish (the lowest level of local government, not to be confused with an ecclesiastical parish). Most urbanised districts of England are either entirely or partly unparish ...

King's Lynn King's Lynn, known until 1537 as Bishop's Lynn and colloquially as Lynn, is a port and market town in the borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk in the county of Norfolk, England. It is located north of London, north-east of Peterborough, no ...

, in the

King's Lynn and West Norfolk King's Lynn and West Norfolk is a local government district with borough status in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in the town of King's Lynn. The population of the Local Authority at the 2011 Census was 147,451. History The district was ...

district, in the county of

Norfolk Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...

, England. It is west of the

River Great Ouse The River Great Ouse () is a river in England, the longest of several British rivers called "Ouse". From Syresham in Northamptonshire, the Great Ouse flows through Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk to drain into the Wa ...

, linked to the main part of King's Lynn by the King's Lynn passenger ferry or by a circuitous 4 km road journey. West Lynn was originally constituted as a separate

, and in 1894 this became the sole parish in the new

King's Lynn Rural District King's Lynn Rural District was a rural district in Norfolk from 1894 to 1935. It was situated on the west bank of the River Great Ouse, opposite the town of King's Lynn, and comprised the then single civil parish of West Lynn. The district ...

. In 1931 the parish had a population of 931. The parish and district were split on 1 April 1935 with the urban part becoming part of the borough of King's Lynn, and the rest becoming part of the parish of Clenchwarton in

Marshland Rural District Marshland Rural District was a rural district in Norfolk, England from 1894 to 1974. It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 based on the Marshland rural sanitary district, and was named after the Freebridge Marshland hundred. It co ...

. Today the name West Lynn usually refers to the former part of the borough of King's Lynn, forming part of the unparished urban area of King's Lynn. It is in the South and West Lynn Ward of

King's Lynn and West Norfolk Council King's Lynn and West Norfolk is a local government district with borough status in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in the town of King's Lynn. The population of the Local Authority at the 2011 Census was 147,451. History The district was ...

. West Lynn has a primary school and a range of basic services. West Lynn Primary School received a 'good' rating from Ofsted in 2019.

Ferry

The King's Lynn Ferry has linked West Lynn to the main part of King's Lynn since 1285.King's Lynn Ferry
Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. Retrieved 2014-03-29. The ferry is operated by West Lynn Ferry Ltd. and runs Monday to Saturday. It carried 85,000 passengers in 2011.King’s Lynn ferry to be replaced by new amphibious craft as West Norfolk councillors agree to subsidise the cost
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Eastern Daily Press The ''Eastern Daily Press'' (''EDP'') is a regional newspaper covering Norfolk, northern parts of Suffolk and eastern Cambridgeshire, and is published daily in Norwich, UK. Founded in 1870 as a broadsheet called the ''Eastern Counties Daily ...

'', 2012-09-19. Retrieved 2014-03-29. The service is subsidised by West Norfolk Council and was previously subsidised by Norfolk County Council.West Lynn: Price increase on ferry
''Lynn News'', 2012-05-03. Retrieved 2014-03-29.

Notable people

* Phil Easton, radio broadcaster, born in West Lynn

References

External links

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Information from Genuki Norfolk
on West Lynn. Villages in Norfolk Former civil parishes in Norfolk King's Lynn {{Norfolk-geo-stub