At its nearest point the parish is just 500 metres from the coast on the north-eastern boundary, which partly follows the course of the disused Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway between Cromer and North Walsham, which closed in 1953.

Also in the north of the parish is Cottage Wood, which is largely given over to the Forest Park Caravan Site.

In the south east of the parish there is more woodland known as Fox Hills, bounded around its south-west edge by the Paston Way footpath.

The landscape of the parish is largely arable farmland made up of low hills and valleys; the soil is light and very sandy and the subsoil gravel.

The name Northrepps[4] is derived from the Old English word repel, meaning strips of land in a fen that can be tilled.

This is confirmed by entries in the Domesday Book of 1086, which has the village's name listed as Norhrepes and Norrepes.

Local folklore tells of the time that his gang tied up the chief 'prevention' officer to a post while they disposed of their contraband.

A local woman called Sally Bean, who lived in a cottage on Shucks Hill, was an ally of the smuggling ring.

Her cottage had a 20-mile (32 km) view of the countryside on the south side of the village, which enabled her to give warnings to the smugglers of the 'prevention' men.

The school has a playground with a small grass playing area with climbing equipment, built with funds raised by the children and parents.

[7] The rood screen was given to the church in 1460[7] by John Playford and his wife, Custance, their names being carved on its rail.

In the south aisle the early-20th-century east window depicts the archangels Gabriel, Michael and Raphael with a host of angels above them.