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Walney Island, [1] 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 School is located close to Vickerstown and offers secondary education for the island's residents. Vickerstown Football Club and Walney Island FC are based in the area and both compete in the West Lancashire Football League and the cricket club is a long-standing member of the Cumbria Cricket League.
They are generally quite small, though at 12.99 km 2 Walney Island is the eighth biggest in England. Of these, only Walney Island , Barrow Island , Roa Island and Piel Island are inhabited. The majority of the islands lay within the boundary of the former Borough of Barrow-in-Furness , with some 15,000 residents constituting 20% of the district ...
Walney Aerodrome (IATA: BWF, ICAO: EGNL) (formerly RAF Walney Island) is located on Walney Island, 1.5 NM (1.7 mi; 2.8 km) northwest of the centre of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. The airport is owned by BAE Systems , who operate private communication flights to locations across the United Kingdom and expanded the airport with new ...
Location Newark Island [1] River Trent: Alney Island: River Severn: Big Island: Carsington Water: Bird Island: Stocks Reservoir, Lancashire [2] Bridgemarsh Island: River Crouch, Essex: Denny Island: Chew Valley Lake: Flat Island: Carsington Water: Haddiscoe Island (or Chedgrave Island or simply 'The Island') Between River Waveney, River Yare ...
All four of these wind farms are located off the coast of Walney Island, including the 189 turbine Walney Wind Farm, 108 turbine West Duddon wind farm, 30 turbine Barrow Offshore Wind Farm and 30 turbine Ormonde Wind Farm. Walney Wind Farm was the largest offshore wind farm in the world upon completion, in 2015 it received government consent to ...
Barrow is located on the tip of the peninsula and Walney Island, and the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness, which includes the small town of Dalton-in-Furness and the town of Millom (the latter of which, although statistically in "Furness" for this purpose, is not actually part of the defined geographic area known as Furness) has a population of ...
Walney Lighthouse is a functioning lighthouse located on Walney Island in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. The current building dates to the early 19th-century and is Grade II* listed as well as being the southernmost man-made structure in Cumbria. [2]