Traditional county: Norfolk · District / Borough: North Norfolk · Region: Eastern
Explore Houghton St Giles, Norfolk with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Houghton St Giles 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 | Houghton St Giles |
| Traditional County | Norfolk |
| District / Borough | North Norfolk |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.880536 |
| Longitude | 0.856637 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Houghton St Giles, a quiet ripple in the Norfolk landscape, holds a charm both unassuming and profound. It lies 5.6 km north of Fakenham (from Fakenham: bearing 6°T, OS grid TF 923 352), and is situated north-north-east of East Barsham village. The parish church, St Giles', stands as a sentinel of local history, its flint walls absorbing the pale, ever-shifting light of the East Anglian sky. The land here rolls gently, a patchwork of fields where the subtle scent of turned earth often mingles with the distant bleating of sheep. Life in Houghton St Giles moves with a quiet cadence, a rhythm dictated less by clocks and more by the slow turning of the seasons and the patient growth of crops.
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Explore Houghton St Giles, 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: 52.880536, 0.856637. 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. |