 To the west is the parish of West Rudham and to the east is the parish of Dunton where the parish boundary line is partly the course of the River Wensum the large landscape park surrounding Raynham Hall is on the east side of the riverbank.The tributary of the Wensum called the River Tat also passes through the northern rim of the parish.The small hamlet of Painston, which can be found on Faden’s map of 1797, was to the west of the village and has now virtually disappeared with only Painswhin Farm, which dates to the 18th century, on the site of the lost settlement.