Traditional county: Norfolk · District / Borough: Breckland · Region: Eastern
Explore Hockering, Norfolk with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Hockering 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Hockering, Norfolk, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | Hockering |
| Traditional County | Norfolk |
| District / Borough | Breckland |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.675642 |
| Longitude | 1.063882 |
| Place Type | Village |
Hockering reveals itself through the flat, expansive Norfolk horizon where the sky claims more than its fair share of the view. It lies 5.2 miles east of Dereham (from Dereham: bearing 95°T, OS grid TG 072 130), and is situated north-north-west of East Tuddenham village. A quiet stillness defines the character of Hockering, punctuated only by the low, insistent hum of the nearby A47 that cuts through the agricultural tapestry. To the north, the ancient expanse of Hockering Wood SSSI guards a dense, shadowed interior where the air cools and the sunlight sharpens into thin, silver blades. The landscape here refuses to offer dramatic peaks, preferring instead a subtle, low-slung geography that demands a slower pace of observation. Near the centre, the Hockering Village Sign stands as a solitary, crafted sentinel, marking a point of arrival for those traversing the heavy, dark loam of the fields. Winter light often settles grey and heavy over the lanes, lending a stark, skeletal beauty to the surrounding hedgerows and fallow earth. This is a place where the history is written in the slow accretion of soil and the persistent, quiet growth of the surrounding woodland.
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Explore Hockering, 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: 52.675642, 1.063882. 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 | August 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. |