The parish of Ickburgh lies in southwestern Norfolk about 6 miles north of the market town of Thetford. Ickburgh is a small settlement lying on the B1065 road that connects Swaffham with the Suffolk market town of Brandon. Ickburgh sits as a satellite to its larger neighbour Mundford, the two are separated by the River Wissey. Ickburgh sits in the heart of Norfolk's Breckland, an area dominated today by forestry plantations that would have been largely used for grazing sheep and running rabbits in warrenries, there would also have been important forestry industries such as charcoal manufacture. Today there is very little to Ickburgh, just a scatter of houses along the main road. The eastern part of the parish is dominated by the military presence with a large area out-of-bounds within the STANTA battle area.

St Peter's church sits to the northeast of the village along a lane that runs to the edge of the military area. The church is set at the end of the properties along this lane. With the exception of its western tower, which is typically Norfolk flint Perpendicular, the church was entirely rebuilt in the Victorian era at the expense of Lord Ashburton. Pevsner describes the main body as "workmanlike but not inspired" and the building has little of architectural merits about it to fill more than a few lines. In its wild flower bedecked churchyard, however, the building is pleasant and peaceful.