Traditional county: Norfolk · District / Borough: Breckland · Region: Eastern
Explore Upper Guist, Norfolk with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Upper Guist 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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| Place | Upper Guist |
| Traditional County | Norfolk |
| District / Borough | Breckland |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.798406 |
| Longitude | 0.974867 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Upper Guist marks a quiet shift in the Breckland landscape where the flat fields of Norfolk begin to hold the light with a particular, pale clarity. It lies 5.8 miles east-south-east of Fakenham (from Fakenham: bearing 112°T, OS grid TG 006 264), and is situated north-east of Guist village. The land here rises and falls with a subtle, rhythmic grace that draws the eye toward the distant silhouette of Guist Hill, a modest rise that defines the horizon to the south-west. Winter air in Upper Guist carries the sharp scent of damp earth and frost-hardened furrows, a reminder of the generations who have worked this soil. To the north-west, the low-lying basin of Guist Bottom cradles the morning mist, keeping the hollows damp long after the sun has climbed the sky. Ancient hedgerows trace the boundaries of these fields, acting as silent witnesses to the slow turn of the seasons. These paths and tracks offer a way to walk through a landscape that feels less like a map and more like a long, continuous story written in flint and clay. The solitude of the place invites a slower pace, where the only movement is the wind shifting through the trees or the occasional flight of a bird circling above the fallow ground.
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Explore Upper Guist, 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: 52.798406, 0.974867. 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. |