Traditional county: Norfolk · District / Borough: Norwich · Region: Eastern
Explore Old Lakenham, Norfolk with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Old Lakenham 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 Old Lakenham, 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 | Old Lakenham |
| Traditional County | Norfolk |
| District / Borough | Norwich |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.605489 |
| Longitude | 1.295097 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Old Lakenham retains a quiet, persistent character that lingers long after the commuter traffic has thinned toward the city centre. It lies 1.6 miles south of Norwich (from Norwich: bearing 177°T, OS grid TG 232 059), and is situated west-south-west of Trowse Newton village. The River Yare winds through the local topography, carving a shallow path that draws the evening mist across the fields like a slow, grey tide. To the east, the earth holds the secrets of the 'Woodhenge' Arminghall monument, where ancient timbers once marked the passage of the sun above the flat Norfolk horizon. Brick cottages and suburban gardens define the current face of Old Lakenham, standing in contrast to the remnants of a landscape that has served as a dwelling place for millennia. Further south, the ground rises gently toward the site of the Late Neolithic or Bronze Age henge, a silent witness to the generations who walked these same furrows. The light here has a sharp, pale clarity in the autumn, catching the red tiles of rooftops and the dark, reflective surfaces of the nearby Lakenham Reservoirs. It remains a place of steady endurance, where the modern pace of life is softened by the slow, inevitable turn of the seasons.
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Explore Old Lakenham, 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: 52.605489, 1.295097. 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. |