Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: North West Leicestershire · Region: East Midlands
Explore Ashby Woulds, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Ashby Woulds 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 | Ashby Woulds |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | North West Leicestershire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.742225 |
| Longitude | -1.550862 |
| Place Type | Other Settlement |
Ashby Woulds occupies a quiet corner of the Leicestershire landscape, where the earth retains the lingering memory of its deep industrial past. It lies 2.2 miles south of Swadlincote (from Swadlincote: bearing 173°T, OS grid SK 304 161), and is situated east-north-east of Spring Cottage village. Coal seams and clay pits once defined the local character, though time has since softened the sharp edges of that heavy labour into green, reclaimed horizons. The light here filters through the canopy of the nearby Conkers National Forest Centre, casting long, shifting shadows across the grass that seem to hold the stillness of a slow afternoon. Visitors often wander toward the remnants of the Moira Furnace Museum, where the brickwork of the old blast furnace stands as a sturdy, silent sentinel against the sky. Ashby Woulds maintains a steady, unassuming pace, moving between the remnants of its mining heritage and the quiet reclamation of the surrounding woodlands. The air in Ashby Woulds often feels cool and damp, carrying the scent of leaf mould and the faint, metallic tang of the damp earth beneath the trees. This landscape does not ask for attention, yet it rewards those who notice how the low sun catches the moss on a stone wall or the way the wind stirs the tall, unkempt reeds at the edge of a field.
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Explore Ashby Woulds, 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: 52.742225, -1.550862. 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. |