(Suburban Area)
Traditional county: Norfolk · District / Borough: Breckland · Region: Eastern
Explore Newtown, Norfolk with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Newtown 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 | Newtown |
| Traditional County | Norfolk |
| District / Borough | Breckland |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.409316 |
| Longitude | 0.742611 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Newtown, a quiet hum in Breckland's broad expanse, offers a gentle welcome. It lies 0.7 km south-west of Thetford (from Thetford: bearing 229°T, OS grid TL 866 825). The land here, a subtle tapestry of heath and arable fields, catches the pale Norfolk light with a particular, almost shy, grace. Though its origins are not marked by ancient stone or dramatic pronouncements, Newtown has quietly grown, shaped by the persistent agriculture that has long defined this corner of East Anglia. The air often carries the clean scent of turned earth and, on market days, the fainter, sweeter perfume of seasonal produce from the surrounding farms. It is a place where the passing years are measured less in monuments and more in the slow, steady rhythm of the seasons.
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Explore Newtown, 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: 52.409316, 0.742611. 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. |