Necton is a village situated on a turning off the A47 main road between Swaffham and East Dereham in the Breckland district of Norfolk, England.

It has a number of facilities including a primary school, playing field, social club, pub, post office a shop, a butcher's and an Asda Express fuel station at the top of the village along the A47.

The name means "town or settlement by a neck of land" (Necton is situated at the foot of a ridge).

[7] Necton tower mill had been converted into a single-storey dwelling with a flat roof by 1970, and it is presently a retail facility.

[8] An electricity substation planned in the parish is seen as vital to the harnessing of offshore wind-generated power, connecting turbines in the North Sea to the National Grid.