Traditional county: Norfolk · District / Borough: King's Lynn and West Norfolk · Region: Eastern
Explore West Head, Norfolk with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the West Head 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.
| Place | West Head |
| Traditional County | Norfolk |
| District / Borough | King's Lynn and West Norfolk |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.626335 |
| Longitude | 0.325713 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
West Head rests in a landscape that often catches the low, honeyed light of the East Anglian sky. It lies 4.4 km north-west of Downham Market (from Downham Market: bearing 307°T, OS grid TF 575 057), and is situated north of Barroway Drove village. The surrounding terrain is a testament to agricultural endeavour, a patchwork of fields stretching towards a horizon that feels both near and impossibly distant. Here, the air can carry the faint, earthy scent of freshly turned soil, a constant reminder of the land's enduring fertility. The quietude of West Head is broken only by the distant murmur of traffic from the A10, a faint pulse of the wider world. In the stillness, one might notice the subtle shift of shadows across the low-lying fields, a slow dance dictated by the sun's passage.
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Explore West Head, 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: 52.626335, 0.325713. 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 | June 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. |