Rackheath

Coordinates: 52°40′31″N 1°22′12″E / 52.6753°N 1.3701°E / 52.6753; 1.3701

Rackheath is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, and is roughly 6 miles (9.7 km) from Norwich city centre. It covers an area of 7.52 km² (2.90 sq mi) and had a population of 1,551 in 625 households at the 2001 census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Broadland. It is the site of a proposed new eco-town.

The A1151 Norwich to Wroxham Road runs through the parish dividing it in two. There is a small settlement (originally known as Great Rackheath or Rackheath Magna) near the 14th century listed church of All Saints (redundant since the 1970s) to the north, and the now much larger settlement of New Rackheath (but originally known as Little Rackheath or Rackheath Parva) to the south. All Saints church has a 12th century canonical sundial on the south wall. New Rackheath contains the modern (1959) Holy Trinity Church as well as the 1930s art deco style Sole and Heel public house, which is situated in the part of the village known locally as Slipper Bottom (or Slipper's Bottom). Rackheath's other pubs are the Racecourse Inn, originally the Washington Hotel, on Salhouse Road; and the Green Man, on the Wroxham Road, which dates from before 1826 and closed in November 2011.