Burnham Overy Staith, on the north Norfolk coast, UK. Burnham Overy lies between the village of Burnham Market to the west, and Holkham to the east. Burnham Thorpe, the birthplace of Horatio Nelson, lies 1 mile (2 km) to the south-east. According to various letters and documents, Nelson learned to row and sail a dinghy at Burnham Overy Staithe, at the age of 10, two years before joining the Navy.