The parish of Holme Hale lies in central Norfolk about 5 miles east of the market town of Swaffham. Holme Hale is a large village sitting about 2 miles south of the A47 road which connects the city of Norwich with King's Lynn. Holme Hale is a bit of a straggle of a village with properties strung along an "S" shaped lane for well over a half mile. Like most villages in Norfolk Holme Hale would have been, and still is, an arable farming community. The parish had a few pastures in the valley formed by the upper reaches of the Wissey but largely it was typically covered in large arable fields. For a short while Holme Hale was connected by rail, the Swaffham to Watton line has, however, long been dismantled.

St Andrew's church sits on the western side of the village, Church Lane looping around the churchyard and adjoining properties. Outwardly this is a fairly typical Norfolk Perpendicular church but Pevsner forensically identifies much earlier origins. In the eastern wall of the tower he finds a round-headed Norman Romanesque window, 12th century in origin, whilst of the 13th century he cites the northern arcade and the piscina. The church was, however, substantially rebuilt such that in a document dated 1383 it is described as the "new" church. Other documents date the tower construction between 1431 & 1462. Almost all of the windows are dated to the same era. As is usual a Victorian restoration, in this case, in 1868 and further changes in 1893 resulted in today's church. The church sits behind a mixed flint and brick wall with metal gates granting entry to a churchyard that is fairly open and free of photographic obstructions.