Traditional county: Gloucestershire · District / Borough: Cotswold · Region: South West
Explore Leighterton, Gloucestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Leighterton map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Leighterton, Gloucestershire, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | Leighterton |
| Traditional County | Gloucestershire |
| District / Borough | Cotswold |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.618530 |
| Longitude | -2.257742 |
| Place Type | Village |
Limestone walls define the quiet boundaries of Leighterton, catching the pale, thin sunlight that characterises the Gloucestershire uplands. It lies 4.2 miles east-south-east of Wotton-under-Edge (from Wotton-under-Edge: bearing 108°T, OS grid ST 822 911), and is situated east of Tresham village. The landscape here is one of high, exposed plateaus where the wind carries the scent of damp earth and distant, cultivated timber. Just a short walk from the local school, the ancient earthwork of West Barrow remains a silent, grassy hump against the sky, a stubborn reminder of a much older occupancy. Beyond the immediate fields, the expansive canopy of Silk Wood softens the horizon, offering a dense, dark contrast to the open agricultural plains. Leighterton maintains a reserved dignity, its architecture composed of the same honey-coloured stone that anchors the nearby Westonbirt Arboretum to the terrain. The rhythm of life here follows the slow turning of the seasons rather than the frantic pace of the modern world. One finds in the stark clarity of the winter air a sense of permanence that the newer, more transient places of the south seem to lack.
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Explore Leighterton, Gloucestershire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.618530, -2.257742. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | August 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |