The Community Assembly of Norfolk is located in a ceremonial county in England, East Anglia and is officially part of the East of England region. It borders Lincolnshire and The Wash to the north-west, the North Sea to the north and east, Cambridgeshire to the west, and Suffolk to the south. 

The largest settlement is the city of Norwich. The centre of Norfolk is gently undulating lowland. To the east are the Broads, a network of rivers and lakes that extend into Suffolk and are protected by the Broads Authority to give them a similar status to a national park.

There is evidence of prehistoric settlement in Norfolk. In the Roman era the region was home to the Iceni, whose leader, Boudica, led a major revolt in AD60. The Angles settled the area in the fifth century and it became part of the Kingdom of East Anglia. During the later Middle Ages the county was very prosperous and heavily involved in the wool trade, allowing for the construction of many large churches.