Traditional county: Norfolk · District / Borough: South Norfolk · Region: Eastern
Explore Thurton, Norfolk with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Thurton 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 Thurton, 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 | Thurton |
| Traditional County | Norfolk |
| District / Borough | South Norfolk |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.556676 |
| Longitude | 1.433126 |
| Place Type | Village |
Thurton commands a quiet authority over the flat, expansive plains of South Norfolk, where the horizon feels wide enough to swallow the day. It lies 2.5 miles north-west of Loddon (from Loddon: bearing 306°T, OS grid TG 328 009), and is situated south of Ashby St Mary village. Low-hanging light often catches the flint-knapped walls of the local architecture, turning grey stone into a soft, bruised purple as the afternoon wanes. To the north, the Ashby St Mary Village Sign stands as a silent sentinel, marking a boundary where the cultivated fields surrender to the reach of the sky. A short distance away, the damp, reed-fringed hollows of Ducan's Marsh hold the lingering chill of winter long after the hedgerows have begun to green. Thurton remains defined by this agricultural stillness, a place where the persistent rustle of wind through autumn stubble provides the only real measure of time. The roads here are narrow, ribboned through heavy clay soils that have yielded grain and toil for centuries under the same pale, northern sun. Every lane seems to pull the gaze toward the distant, rolling rise of Barras Hill, anchoring the flat terrain with a sudden, solid weight.
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Explore Thurton, 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: 52.556676, 1.433126. 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. |