Walney Island
Island in the United KingdomWalney Island, also known as the Isle of Walney, is an island off the west coast of England, at the western end of Morecambe Bay in the Irish Sea. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, it is part of Barrow-in-Furness, separated from the mainland by Walney Channel, which is spanned by the Jubilee Bridge. Walney is the largest island of the Furness Islands group, both in population and size, as well as the largest English island in the Irish Sea. Its population at the 2011 UK Census was 10,651, distributed evenly across the island's two Wards of Walney North and Walney South.
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Islands of Furness
Islands off the coast of northwest England
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Museum in Barrow-in-Furness, England
Devonshire Dock Hall
Shipbuilding facility in Barrow-in-Furness, England
Walney School
Secondary school in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England
Walney Bridge
Bridge in Barrow-in-Furness
St Mary the Virgin's Church, Walney
Church in Cumbria, England
Walney Channel
Body of water in the United Kingdom