Population 2,750 Civil parish Upwell Country England Area 27.65 km² | OS grid reference TF500020 Region East Sovereign state United Kingdom Shire county Norfolk | |
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District King's Lynn and West Norfolk | ||
Upwell is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 27.65 km2 (10.68 sq mi) and had a population of 2,456 in 1,033 households at the 2001 census, increasing to 2,750 at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. Until 1974 it formed part of the now-defunct Wisbech Rural District.
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Map of Upwell, Wisbech, UK
Upwell lies on the A1101 road, the nearest towns being Wisbech to its north-west and Downham Market to its east. It was a place of note in British railway history as the rural tramway, the Wisbech and Upwell Tramway lasted as a freight line until 1966; although it had succumbed to bus competition for passenger traffic as early as 1927.
Governance
Upwell falls within the electoral ward of Upwell and Delph. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 4,827.