Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Blaby · Region: East Midlands
Explore Braunstone Town, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Braunstone Town 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 | Braunstone Town |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | Blaby |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.619309 |
| Longitude | -1.181160 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Braunstone Town unfolds as a serene suburban expanse within Leicestershire's Blaby district. It lies 3.6 km west-south-west of Leicester (from Leicester: bearing 244°T, OS grid SK 555 027), and is situated east-south-east of Leicester Forest East village. This landscape, marked by well-tended gardens and a quiet dignity, often catches the afternoon sun in a way that softens its edges, lending a gentle glow to its residential streets. Though its origins are more recent than ancient hamlets, a sense of settled community pervades, where the murmur of daily life finds its cadence. The verdant spaces within Braunstone Town offer a breathing room, a place where the sky feels expansive above the neat rows of homes. It is a locale that has grown organically, reflecting the evolving patterns of English suburban life, a quiet testament to a more modern chapter of settlement.
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Explore Braunstone Town, 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: 52.619309, -1.181160. 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. |