Great Dunham is a village situated in the Breckland District of Norfolk and covers an area of 818 hectares (3.16 square miles) with an estimated population of 325, including Kempstone and increasing to a measured population of 344 at the 2011 Census. The village lies 1.5 mi north of its sister village Little Dunham and 7 mi by road north east from Swaffham. The village's name means 'Hill homestead/village.' It is served by St Andrew's church in the Benefice of Great Dunham. Great Denham used to have a smock mill which was superseded by a tower mill, now derelict. There was once a Dunham railway station serving the two sister settlements. It is now closed. Great Dunham has a single primary school.