Bale is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Gunthorpe, in the North Norfolk district, in the county of Norfolk, England. The village is 9 miles east-north-east of the town of Fakenham, 14.3 miles west-south-west of Cromer and 125 miles north-north-east of London. In 1931, the parish had a population of 208.