Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Hinckley and Bosworth · Region: East Midlands
Explore Botcheston, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Botcheston 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 Botcheston, 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 | Botcheston |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | Hinckley and Bosworth |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.643396 |
| Longitude | -1.287476 |
| Place Type | Village |
Botcheston emerges from the Leicestershire landscape as a collection of quiet lanes and pastoral horizons, defined by the steady hands of those who have worked its heavy clay soil for generations. It lies 4.8 miles north-north-east of Earl Shilton (from Earl Shilton: bearing 14°T, OS grid SK 483 053), and is situated north-north-east of Desford village. The local topography retains a subtle, ancient character, where the morning mist clings to the low-lying meadows near Botcheston Bog SSSI, a small but vital sanctuary for diverse flora that persists amidst the surrounding arable fields. Footpaths meander past the earthworks of the Moated Site 440M South West Of Lindridge Fields Farm, where the stillness of the water-filled ditch suggests a long-forgotten medieval industry of manor and moat. Botcheston remains a place of modest scale, where the horizon is dominated by the vast, open sky rather than the clutter of modern architecture. The light here has a particular clarity, catching the sharp edges of hedgerows and the quiet, weathered brickwork of the older dwellings. Residents often look toward the nearby reservoir for a sense of expansive calm, finding that the water mirrors the shifting clouds of the East Midlands with a startling, silver intensity. Such features lend Botcheston an enduring, grounded identity that persists despite the encroaching pace of the wider world.
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Explore Botcheston, 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: 52.643396, -1.287476. 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. |