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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 district also includes the towns of Downham Market and Hunstanton, along with numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. The population of the district at the 2021 census was 154,325. [2]
King's Lynn, known until 1537 as Bishop's Lynn and colloquially as Lynn, [2] is a port and market town in the borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk in the county of Norfolk, England. It is 36 miles (58 km) north-east of Peterborough, 44 miles (71 km) north-north-east of Cambridge and 44 miles (71 km) west of Norwich. [2] [1]
King's Lynn and West Norfolk District Council in Norfolk, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2019, 55 councillors have been elected from 35 wards . [ 1 ]
The 2023 King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council in Norfolk, England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England. Prior to the election the council was under Conservative majority control.
The King's Lynn Ferry has linked West Lynn to the main part of King's Lynn since 1285. [8] The ferry is operated by West Lynn Ferry Ltd. and runs Monday to Saturday. [8] It carried 85,000 passengers in 2011. [9] The service is subsidised by West Norfolk Council and was previously subsidised by Norfolk County Council. [9] [10]
The 2019 King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council in England. [1] It was held on the same day as other local elections.
As King's Lynn formed a separate Parliamentary Borough, only non-resident freeholders of the Borough were entitled to vote in this constituency. On abolition, the bulk of the Division was amalgamated with the abolished Parliamentary Borough of King's Lynn to form the new King's Lynn Division of Norfolk.
St Margaret's Church. The construction of St Margaret's Church) in 1101 is the point at which King's Lynn first came into existence in terms of how it is now recognised. Commissioned by the Bishop of Norwich, Herbert de Losinga, at the request of the townspeople 'in honour of the Holy Mary Magdalene and St Margaret and all holy virgins', the church is one of the town's most dominating landmar