(Village)
Traditional county: Norfolk · District / Borough: Breckland · Region: Eastern
Explore Croxton, Norfolk with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Croxton 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 | Croxton |
| Traditional County | Norfolk |
| District / Borough | Breckland |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.447638 |
| Longitude | 0.754397 |
| Place Type | Village |
Croxton breathes the quietude of Breckland, a place where the sky seems a little wider and the light has a particular, luminous quality. It lies 3.8 km north of Thetford (from Thetford: bearing 4°T, OS grid TL 872 868). The village itself unfolds with a gentle grace, its houses often reflecting the muted earthy tones of the surrounding heathland, their gardens blooming with a hardy, determined beauty. A sense of enduring peace pervades Croxton, as if the very air has absorbed the slow passage of seasons and the hushed footsteps of generations. Fields of barley or wheat, depending on the year's fortune, often stretch towards the horizon, their ripening heads catching the sun in a shimmering, golden wave. The church, a stoic sentinel of stone, stands as a silent witness to the village's long story, its spire a delicate needle against the vast Norfolk sky.
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Explore Croxton, 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: 52.447638, 0.754397. 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. |