Traditional county: Norfolk · District / Borough: Breckland · Region: Eastern
Explore East Lexham, Norfolk with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the East Lexham 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 | East Lexham |
| Traditional County | Norfolk |
| District / Borough | Breckland |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.717857 |
| Longitude | 0.751955 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
East Lexham, a quiet hamlet in Breckland, breathes the hushed air of the Norfolk countryside. It lies 8.8 km north-north-east of Swaffham (from Swaffham: bearing 29°T, OS grid TF 859 169), and is situated west-south-west of Litcham village. Here, the land rolls with a gentle, ancient grace, the chalk soils giving rise to fields that shimmer under the vast East Anglian sky, a palette of pale gold and soft greens under the sun's diffused light. The modest cluster of dwellings that form East Lexham speaks of a life lived in quiet communion with the surrounding agricultural rhythms, where the scent of turned earth often hangs in the air. Its history is not one of grand pronouncements but of slow, steady habitation, a continuation of lives tethered to the seasons and the land. The very stillness of East Lexham seems to hold a profound story, whispered by the wind that rustles through the hedgerows.
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Explore East Lexham, 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: 52.717857, 0.751955. 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. |