Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: North West Leicestershire · Region: East Midlands
Explore Appleby Magna, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Appleby Magna 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.
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| Place | Appleby Magna |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | North West Leicestershire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.684902 |
| Longitude | -1.530887 |
| Place Type | Village |
Appleby Magna traces the slow, deliberate lines of the Leicestershire clay, holding a quiet weight in the landscape of the East Midlands. It lies 4.9 miles south-south-west of Ashby-de-la-Zouch (from Ashby-de-la-Zouch: bearing 210°T, OS grid SK 318 097), and is situated west of Snarestone village. The local horizon is defined by the gentle rise of Birds Hill, which offers a vantage over the fields where the light often settles in long, pale ribbons during the late afternoon. Beside the ancient stone of St Michael’s Church, the earth retains the subtle, sunken indentations of a moated site and fishponds, marking the invisible persistence of centuries beneath the grass. Appleby Magna maintains a distinct character through the dignified architecture of the Sir John Moore Museum, a building that anchors the history of education to this specific patch of soil. The nearby River Mease meanders through the periphery, its waters carving a slow, rhythmic path that sustains the damp meadows and hedgerows. Traffic occasionally hums towards the nearby motorway, yet the core of the place remains governed by the seasonal turn of the crops and the shifting colour of the sky. This balance between the modern arterial roads and the deep, silent history of the land gives the environment a measured, watchful composure.
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Explore Appleby Magna, Leicestershire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 52.684902, -1.530887. 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. |