Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Harborough · Region: East Midlands
Explore Blaston, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Blaston 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Blaston, Leicestershire, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | Blaston |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | Harborough |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.551599 |
| Longitude | -0.814029 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Blaston commands a quiet ridge in the rolling pastures of Leicestershire, where the horizon stretches wide under a vast, pale sky. It lies 4.6 miles west-south-west of Uppingham (from Uppingham: bearing 237°T, OS grid SP 805 955), and is situated south-east of Hallaton village. The land here holds the memory of deeper centuries, particularly where the earth bears the faint, grass-covered indentations of the manorial site west of St Giles’s Church. These hummocks and hollows suggest a time when the rhythm of life was dictated entirely by the turning of the soil and the tolling of a bell. To the east, the Eye Brook Valley Woods SSSIs offer a dense, tangled contrast to the open fields, where the light filters through ancient boughs to touch the damp floor. Blaston remains a place of deliberate stillness, defined by the weight of stone and the long, slow shadows cast by the afternoon sun. The air carries an earthy clarity, sharpened by the distance between the neighbouring farmsteads. Even the modern sounds of the nearby Nevill Holt Opera House seem to dissipate quickly, leaving Blaston to its own solitary, enduring pace.
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Explore Blaston, 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: 52.551599, -0.814029. 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. |