Traditional county: Norfolk · District / Borough: King's Lynn and West Norfolk · Region: Eastern
Explore Castle Acre, Norfolk with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Castle Acre 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 | Castle Acre |
| Traditional County | Norfolk |
| District / Borough | King's Lynn and West Norfolk |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.704813 |
| Longitude | 0.689134 |
| Place Type | Village |
Castle Acre commands the rolling Norfolk landscape with a singular, quiet authority that speaks of centuries of shifting power. It lies 3.9 miles north of Swaffham (from Swaffham: bearing 0°T, OS grid TF 817 152), and is situated east of West Acre village. Stone foundations of the Norman era anchor the earth here, where the stark, flint-walled ruins of Castle Acre Castle stand as a silent sentinel over the Nar valley. A pale, ethereal light often catches the high, crumbling arches of Castle Acre Priory, casting long shadows across the eleven hectares of hallowed, grassed ground. Residents and visitors alike traverse the open expanse of St James's Green, a space where the grass grows thick and resilient against the passing of seasons. The air here carries the faint, crisp scent of chalk-stream water, drifting up from the low-lying fields that define the horizon. Castle Acre remains a place where the weight of ancient stone is balanced by the simple, enduring movement of the wind through the high hedgerows.
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Explore Castle Acre, 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: 52.704813, 0.689134. 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 | September 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. |