Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Blaby · Region: East Midlands
Explore Blaby, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Blaby 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 | Blaby |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | Blaby |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.575762 |
| Longitude | -1.163349 |
| Place Type | Village |
Blaby, a village of Leicestershire's East Midlands, offers a quiet corner of England. It lies 6.7 km south-south-west of Leicester (from Leicester: bearing 197°T, OS grid SP 567 978), and is situated east-north-east of Whetstone village. The land around Blaby, gently rolling and often bathed in a soft, diffused light, has long been shaped by agriculture, its fields a patchwork of greens and golds under the ever-changing sky. Though no grand abbey or imposing castle now dominates its skyline, the village preserves a more understated heritage, evident in the sturdy brickwork of its older homes and the enduring presence of its parish church. The heart of Blaby beats with the quiet hum of daily life, a rhythm set by the passing seasons rather than the clamour of industry, its market square once a focal point for local exchange, now a place where the present unfolds at a more leisurely pace.
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Explore Blaby, 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: 52.575762, -1.163349. 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. |