The village lies 10.2 miles (16.4 km) west of the nearby town of Aylsham.

Guestwick is situated south of the North Norfolk coast which is only 13.6 miles (21.9 km) or 20 minutes by car.

In the Domesday Book of 1086, Guestwick is mentioned but as the settlement of ‘Geghestueit’, and is described as an area of pasture land used by the people of the nearby village of Guist.

The village has an Old Station House, which belonged to the former Midland and Great Northern Railway which ran from Norwich to Sheringham on the North Norfolk Coast.

The Parish church of Saint Peter has a Saxon-Norman tower constructed of carrstone set in the angle between the chancel and the north aisle.