Which Cumbrian town’s boundaries incorporate the 11-mile-long Walney Island?
Walney Island Awdry, which was converted into the television series "Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends". The books and television series are all set on the fictional Island of Sodor, which is located in the position of Walney, though significantly larger. Its east coast resembles Walney, and the main town to the east of the island is 'Vicarstown', located at the same place as Vickerstown. Walney Island The Isle of Walney, also known as Walney Island, is an island off the west coast of England, at the western end of Morecambe Bay in the Irish Sea. It is part of Barrow-in-Furness, separated
Walney Island Football League (WFL) Premier Division (level 11 of the English football league system), while Walney Island Football Club, formed as Nautical FC in 1970, compete in the WFL Division Two. Walney has become an important location for kitesurfing and wind-surfing. It annually hosts one of the rounds of the British Kitesurfing Championship. In particular the flat, wide beach at Earnse Bay is popular for this sport. Windsurfing takes place around the island, particularly to its west coast and around the mouth of Walney Channel. In literature, Walney most notably appears, or rather disappears, in "The Railway Series" books by Wilbert