Traditional county: Norfolk · District / Borough: Great Yarmouth · Region: Eastern
Explore St Olaves, Norfolk with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the St Olaves 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 St Olaves, 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 | St Olaves |
| Traditional County | Norfolk |
| District / Borough | Great Yarmouth |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.536513 |
| Longitude | 1.626196 |
| Place Type | Village |
St Olaves commands the low-lying reaches where the Norfolk landscape softens into the quiet, reed-fringed margins of the River Waveney. It lies 5.1 miles west-south-west of Gorleston-on-Sea (from Gorleston-on-Sea: bearing 242°T, OS grid TM 460 993), and is situated south-west of Fritton village. The light here possesses a pale, saline clarity, reflecting off the water to bleach the ancient stone ruins of St Olave’s Priory that linger just north of the centre. These crumbling arches, once a silent refuge for Augustinian canons, now stand as skeletal sentinels overlooking the vast, damp expanse of the Scale Marshes. Beyond the priory, the land stretches toward the horizon in a mosaic of peat and pasture, where the earth feels soft and yielding under a heavy, expansive sky. Local life moves in concert with the shifting tides of the nearby waterways, where the reeds lean perpetually toward the sea. The St Olaves Village Sign serves as a modest landmark, marking a point of arrival where the frantic pace of the coast finally dissolves into the stillness of the fens. Here, the air carries the scent of brackish water and damp soil, grounding the spirit in a geography defined by the slow, inevitable pull of the river.
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Explore St Olaves, 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: 52.536513, 1.626196. 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. |