[2] For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.

1 mile (1.6 km) to the north of the village along the river lies the ruined Creake Abbey.

[5] On 27 April 1944, a de Havilland Mosquito fighter bomber on a night training exercise crashed in the centre of the village, killing the crew of two.

On the 60th anniversary of the crash in 2004, a plaque on the approximate location of the crash was unveiled by a Royal Air Force guard of honour and other dignitaries, including relatives and friends of those killed.

[6] The derivation of the name "Creake" is apparently from the Celtic word "creic" meaning a rock.