Old Catton is a suburban village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk which lies 2 miles (3.2 km) to the north-east of central Norwich.

[3] The name of Catton most likely means farmstead (or Tun) of a man called Catta, a local tribal leader.

Until recent times Catton was an agricultural village but following the late 18th and 19th century development of the Catton Park estate several wealthy Norwich families including the Gurneys, Jewsons, Buxtons, Lindleys, Norman and the Tilletts built their houses here.

[4] The conservation area was designated in 1986 and encompasses three important open spaces: Catton Park, Buttercup Meadow, the War Memorial deer park and the historical core of the village: Church Street, Spixworth Road and George Hill.

Lavare Park is located to the north of the village at Spixworth Road and offers various facilities including a full size football pitch.

First route 13, on the Turquoise Line, serves the city centre, Attleborough, Wymondham, Hethersett and Spixworth.

[8] Route 21 and 21A, on the Orange Line, serves the city centre, Bowthorpe, Earlham and the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital.

Most of the park to the north has been used for a modern housing development, though within it the former laundry and some of the perimeter wall of the Hall remains.

Originally an orangery adjacent to Catton Hall, it has been a museum for the Buxton family, and later as a voluntary aid hospital during the Great War.

The gates leading to the building were commissioned by Samuel Gurney Buxton of Catton Hall and made by the village blacksmith, William Badcock.