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Redcastle Furze Norfolk Map

Traditional county: Norfolk · District / Borough: Breckland · Region: Eastern

Explore Redcastle Furze, Norfolk with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Redcastle Furze 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.

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PlaceRedcastle Furze
Traditional CountyNorfolk
District / BoroughBreckland
RegionEastern
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude52.408983
Longitude0.735238
Place TypeSuburban Area

About Redcastle Furze

Redcastle Furze endures as a quiet suburban pocket upon the sandy, pine-fringed expanse of the Breckland district. It lies 0.7 miles west-south-west of Thetford (from Thetford: bearing 244°T, OS grid TL 861 825). The light here possesses a singular, thin clarity, falling across the low-slung rooftops and orderly gardens with a pale, northern intensity. To the north, the earth holds the hidden weight of Red Castle, a medieval ringwork whose ancient, sunken footprint speaks of earthworks layered over the bones of forgotten Saxon churches. Redcastle Furze sits in a landscape where the soil is often light and flint-strewn, feeling the distant, rhythmic pulse of the wider Breckland heaths. A short walk toward the town centre brings one to the site of the Saxon town, where the boundary and old industrial earthworks remain as subtle, grass-covered undulations in the modern landscape. These remnants of stone and ditch anchor the periphery, providing a silent, historical counterpoint to the domestic stillness of the houses. The local atmosphere remains anchored by this proximity to the past, where the shadow of medieval ruins stretches toward the bright, manicured lawns of the present.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Thetford Village Sign (Public Artwork) — 0.2 mi, 060° ENE
  • Part Of The Saxon Town Of Thetford, Including The Town Boundary, Areas Of Occupation And Industry, And The Church And Churchyard Of St John (Scheduled Monument) — 0.3 mi, 052° NE · 7 ha
  • Red Castle: A Medieval Ringwork Castle Overlying Mid-Saxon And Early Medieval Churches, Romano-British, Saxon And Medieval Settlement Remains, And A Late Saxon Town Ditch (Scheduled Monument) — 0.3 mi, 353° N · 4 ha
  • School Plain (Park) — 0.4 mi, 051° NE
  • Area Of Saxon Town N Of Red Castle (Scheduled Monument) — 0.4 mi, 012° NNE · 3 ha
  • Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Historic Ruins) — 0.4 mi, 035° NE
  • Elm Road Field, Thetford Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 0.6 mi, 185° S · 5 ha
  • Charles Burrell Museum (Museum) — 0.6 mi, 046° NE
  • Barnham Cross Common (Park) — 0.7 mi, 163° SSE
  • Barrow Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.7 mi, 258° WSW
  • Dad's Army Museum (Museum) — 0.7 mi, 067° ENE
  • In the Footsteps of Thomas Paine (Museum) — 0.7 mi, 047° NE
  • Ancient House Museum of Thetford Life (Museum) — 0.7 mi, 049° NE
  • Nunnery Gateway (Historic Ruins) — 0.7 mi, 105° ESE
  • Barnham Cross (Monument) — 1.0 mi, 168° SSE
  • Boundary Belt (Forest / Woodland) — 1.1 mi, 192° SSW
  • Abbey Heath (Forest / Woodland) — 1.1 mi, 344° NNW
  • The Nunnery Lakes (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.1 mi, 149° SSE
  • Boundary Post (Monument) — 1.1 mi, 173° S
  • Thetford Golf Course & Marsh Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.2 mi, 314° NW · 122 ha
  • Lambpit Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.2 mi, 288° WNW
  • Thetford Heath (National Nature Reserve) — 1.7 mi, 213° SSW · 98 ha
  • Chisley Vale (Valley) — 1.8 mi, 352° N
  • County Hole (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.3 mi, 133° SE
  • High Lodge (Attraction) — 3.5 mi, 299° WNW
  • The Basin (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.6 mi, 140° SE
  • Off Road Explorers (Attraction) — 3.6 mi, 248° WSW
  • Shadwell Park (Historic Park or Garden) — 3.7 mi, 093° E · 195 ha
  • Euston Park (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 3.8 mi, 133° SE · 583 ha
  • Village Square (Attraction) — 4.0 mi, 254° WSW

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About This Redcastle Furze Map Page

Explore Redcastle Furze, 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: 52.408983, 0.735238. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.