Lexham is a parish consisting of the twin villages of East Lexham

East Lexham

East Lexham is a village in the English county of Norfolk. It is north of the town of Swaffham, west north west of Norwich and north east of London.The village forms part of the civil parish of Lexham, which in turn is part of the district of Breckland...

 and West Lexham

West Lexham

West Lexham is a village in the English county of Norfolk. It is north of the town of Swaffham, west north west of Norwich and north east of London.The village forms part of the civil parish of Lexham, which in turn is part of the district of Breckland...

 situated in the Breckland

Breckland (district)

Breckland District is a local government district in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in East Dereham.Breckland District derives its name from the Breckland landscape region, a gorse covered sandy heath of south Norfolk and north Suffolk...

 District of Norfolk

Norfolk

Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...

 and covers an area of 9.73 km² (3.8 sq mi) with a population of 157 as of the 2001 census

United Kingdom Census 2001

A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK Census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194....

. The Lexham villages are just over a mile apart and lie 6.5 miles (10.5 km) north of Swaffham

Swaffham

Swaffham is a market town and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The town is situated east of King's Lynn and west of Norwich.The civil parish has an area of and in the 2001 census had a population of 6,935 in 3,130 households...

 and 18 miles (29 km) by road east from Kings Lynn.

It is served by St.Nicholas church in West Lexham and St.Andrews in East Lexham in the Benefice of Litcham. Both churches have round towers

Round-tower church

Round-tower churches are a type of church found mainly in England, almost solely in East Anglia; of about 185 surviving examples in the country, 124 are in Norfolk, 38 in Suffolk, 6 in Essex, 3 in Sussex and 2 each in Cambridgeshire and Berkshire. There is evidence of about twenty round-tower...

 with St.Andrews reputed to be the oldest in the country.

The Nar

River Nar

The River Nar is a river in England, and tributary of the River Great Ouse. It rises near Litcham in Norfolk and flows 15 miles west through Castle Acre and Narborough , joining the Ouse at King's Lynn. It has had a variety of alternative names, such as the Setch, the Sandringham, and Lynn Flu,...

Valley Way passes through the villages with a permissive path through the grounds of Lexham Hall estate.