Traditional county: Norfolk · District / Borough: North Norfolk · Region: Eastern
Explore Cockthorpe, Norfolk with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Cockthorpe map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
| Place | Cockthorpe |
| Traditional County | Norfolk |
| District / Borough | North Norfolk |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.940161 |
| Longitude | 0.950188 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Cockthorpe rests a quiet presence on the North Norfolk landscape. It lies 6.8 km east-south-east of Wells-next-the-Sea (from Wells-next-the-Sea: bearing 103°T, OS grid TF 983 421), and is situated south-east of Stiffkey village. The hamlet's low-lying terrain, often touched by the salty breath of the nearby coast, lends it a gentle air, a place where the horizon feels close and the sky vast. Fields, etched with the patient geometry of generations of farming, stretch out around Cockthorpe, their colours shifting with the seasons, from the pale gold of stubble to the deep greens of early growth. A sense of deep quietude pervades Cockthorpe, broken only by the rustle of wind through hedgerows or the distant call of seabirds carried inland. The very light here seems to possess a particular quality, a soft, diffused glow that softens edges and invites contemplation.
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Explore Cockthorpe, Norfolk, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 52.940161, 0.950188. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | June 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |