Newton Flotman, meaning new farm or settlement,[1] is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, lies about 7 miles (11 km) south of Norwich on the A140 road between Tasburgh and Swainsthorpe.

[4] Thomas Blundeville (c. 1522–1606), humanist writer, mathematician and inventor of the protractor lived as a country gentleman in the village.

[7] Newton Flotman Church, St Mary's, is served by the Tas Valley team ministry along with those of Swainsthorpe, Tasburgh, Tharston, Saxlingham and Shotesham.

Newton Flotman has regular bus services to Norwich and Long Stratton, operated by First Norfolk & Suffolk, Konectbus and Simonds of Botesdale.

[11] The Revd Henry Churchman Long is cited in Hansard in matters relating to the Non-Conformist Burial Act which was passed in 1861.

Sir Samuel Morton Peto raised the issue of Revd Long’s habit of carting soil from the north side of the churchyard to manure the grounds of his glebe, in the Houses of Parliament in 1861.