Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: North West Leicestershire · Region: East Midlands
Explore Blackfordby, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Blackfordby 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 | Blackfordby |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | North West Leicestershire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.757889 |
| Longitude | -1.513197 |
| Place Type | Village |
Blackfordby rests in the gentle curves of North West Leicestershire. It lies 3.0 km west-north-west of Ashby-de-la-Zouch (from Ashby-de-la-Zouch: bearing 294°T, OS grid SK 329 179), and is situated south-east of Woodville village. The land around Blackfordby breathes a quietude, its fields stitched together by hedgerows that catch the afternoon sun in a thousand fleeting moments. Ancient oaks, their bark furrowed like the faces of storytellers, stand sentinel, their branches reaching towards a sky that often wears the soft grey of English weather. Though Blackfordby itself may not boast grand monuments, the very air here feels touched by the deep, slow pulse of the countryside, a subtle elegance in the fall of light across the rolling terrain. The village, a collection of homes and gardens, seems to draw its character from the persistent, quiet beauty of its surroundings, a place where the ordinary unfolds with a certain grace.
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Explore Blackfordby, 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: 52.757889, -1.513197. 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. |