The parish of Bradfield sits in North-eastern Norfolk about a mile north of the market town of North Walsham and just east of the A149 road that links North Walsham to the seaside resort of Cromer. Bradfield is about 3-4 miles inland of Norfolk's north-eastern coast. There is little of a village to Bradfield merely a cluster of cottages and farms running northwards from the Antingham to Trunch lane in the direction of Bradfield Hall. The parish lies in the headwaters of the infant River Ant.

St Giles church lies a few hundred yards west of the centre of habitation on the lane to Antingham. Unusually for a Norfolk church St Giles is largely in the decorated style and Pevsner comments that it's chancel is a particularly fine example. The exception is the tower at the western end which is Perpendicular and dates from the late 15th century. Most of the church is clearly 14th or early 15th century. The church was much bigger at one time, difficult to reconcile with the population in the 21st century, as substantial aisles were removed in the 18th century. As is common a Victorian refurbishment is overlaid on the original features.