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Outwell is a village and civil parish in the borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk, in the English county of Norfolk. [ 1 ] At the 2011 Census , the parish had a population of 2,083, [ 2 ] an increase from 1,880 at the 2001 Census .
Outwell Basin: Outwell Village: Upwell: This is a route-map template for the Wisbech and Upwell Tramway, a UK railway. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.
Outwell Village depot was located by the old course of the River Nene and adjoined by St Clement's church on the other side. It originally had four sidings and was equipped with coal chutes to transfer coal to barges for distribution through the Fens. The depot had a small office building built from red brick and an old van body for storage. [14]
Long title: An act for making and maintaining a navigable canal from Wisbeach river, at or near a place called the Old Sluice, in the town of Wisbeach, in the isle of Ely, and county of Cambridge, to join the river Nene, in the parish of Outwell, in the said isle of Ely, and in the county of Norfolk, and for improving and maintaining the navigation of the said river, from Outwell Church to ...
From Outwell north, where the western terminus of the A1122 is at, the road is classified as a primary route. At Welney , the road often floods, causing it to be closed for 70 days in 2007. The Environment Agency said that "The A1101 road is on a causeway across the flood area and was expected to be under water at times."
This provided the waters of the River Nene with a more direct route to the sea than the previous route through Benwick, Floods Ferry, March, Outwell and Wisbech. Morton's Leam, the name given to the medieval drainage ditch, was 40 feet (12 m) wide and 4 feet (1.2 m) deep, and much of the manual labour was provided by prisoners of war from the ...
Outwell Village railway station was a station in Outwell, Norfolk on the Wisbech and Upwell Tramway. It opened in 1884 and closed to passengers in 1928. [1] [2] Goods services ran on a while longer, before finishing in 1966. The line provided inspiration for Toby the Tram Engine.
A boat mooring on Well Creek. Well Creek is a waterway in Norfolk, England that is a tributary to the River Great Ouse. [1] Rising from the River Nene, the waterway in its current alignment dates to the 12th century; [2] it flows through the villages of Upwell, Outwell, Nordelph and ends at the hamlet of Salters Lode. [3]