Traditional county: Norfolk · District / Borough: South Norfolk · Region: Eastern
Explore Wheatacre, Norfolk with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Wheatacre 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 | Wheatacre |
| Traditional County | Norfolk |
| District / Borough | South Norfolk |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.487227 |
| Longitude | 1.623418 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Wheatacre unfolds as a quiet expanse of Norfolk earth where the horizon feels pressed against the sky by the weight of low-hanging clouds. It lies 3.2 miles north-east of Beccles (from Beccles: bearing 52°T, OS grid TM 461 938), and is situated west-north-west of Burgh St Peter village. The local landscape remains defined by its proximity to the damp, reed-fringed breath of the Slade Marshes, which draw the morning mist into long, lingering ribbons across the fields. Travellers often pause near the Wheatacre Burgh St. Peter Village Sign, a piece of public art that marks the transition between the solid lanes and the fluid, shifting character of the surrounding wetlands. The elevation shifts subtly towards the south-west, where the modest rise of Mill Hill provides a vantage point over the patchwork of agricultural plots that have sustained this ground for centuries. In the late afternoon, the light here takes on a pale, translucent quality, washing over the meadows with a clarity that seems to sharpen the edges of every fence line and hedgerow. Wheatacre maintains a stoic presence amidst this open terrain, prioritising the slow pulse of the seasons over the clamour of modern development. These fields and waterways compose a geography of endurance, where the stillness of the land is interrupted only by the seasonal migration of birds across the flat, wide expanse of the valley.
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Explore Wheatacre, 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: 52.487227, 1.623418. 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. |