Traditional county: Norfolk · District / Borough: South Norfolk · Region: Eastern
Explore Great Melton, Norfolk with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Great Melton 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 | Great Melton |
| Traditional County | Norfolk |
| District / Borough | South Norfolk |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.616506 |
| Longitude | 1.143673 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Great Melton, a quiet hamlet in South Norfolk, offers a gentle unfolding of the East Anglian landscape. It lies 5.6 km north-north-east of Wymondham (from Wymondham: bearing 22°T, OS grid TG 129 067), and is situated east-north-east of Wramplingham village. The fields surrounding Great Melton, often a patchwork of gold and green under the wide Norfolk sky, have long been dedicated to the patient cultivation of the land, a legacy evident in the enduring agricultural character of the area. The air here carries a certain stillness, broken only by the distant lowing of cattle or the murmur of wind through the hedgerows, a sound that seems to whisper of generations past. Within Great Melton itself, the modest architecture speaks of a life lived in harmony with the seasons, where the passage of time is marked not by grand pronouncements, but by the subtle shifts in light and the slow growth of ancient trees. The quietude of Great Melton invites a contemplative pause, a moment to absorb the understated beauty of this corner of England.
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Explore Great Melton, 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: 52.616506, 1.143673. 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. |