Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Melton · Region: East Midlands
Explore Ashby Folville, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Ashby Folville 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.
| Place | Ashby Folville |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | Melton |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.701936 |
| Longitude | -0.960898 |
| Place Type | Village |
Ashby Folville breathes a quiet grace across the Leicestershire landscape. It lies 7.5 km east of Syston (from Syston: bearing 88°T, OS grid SK 703 120), and is situated north-north-east of Barsby village. The gentle rise of the land here, where fields unfurl like bolts of rich wool, offers a subtle panorama, often softened by a luminous, diffused light that seems to linger on the ancient stone of its buildings. A palpable sense of continuity pervades Ashby Folville, a feeling amplified by the enduring presence of the parish church, its spire a quiet sentinel against the broad East Midlands sky. The air, carrying the faint, earthy scent of cultivated land, suggests a long-held partnership between the people and the soil. The very lanes, winding with an unhurried purpose, seem to echo the footsteps of generations who have called Ashby Folville home.
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Explore Ashby Folville, 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: 52.701936, -0.960898. 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 | June 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. |