The nearest railway station is in the town of Sheringham where access to the national rail network can be made via the Bittern Line to Norwich.
Little Barningham straddles a small valley with the parish church sitting on a mound beside the single street.
The church is called St Andrews and is late mediaeval; it dates from about 1500 and was extensively restored in the last century.
The church is built of flint and consists of a chancel, nave, west tower and south porch.
There is a Jacobean box or pew which dates from 1640 and has the inscription: "FOR COUPLES JOYND IN WEDLOCK AND MY FRIENDS THAT STRANGER IS, THIS SEAT DID I INTEND BUILT AT THE COST AND CHARGE OF STEVEN CROSBEE.