Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Charnwood · Region: East Midlands
Explore Broadnook, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Broadnook 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 Broadnook, 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 | Broadnook |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | Charnwood |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.697127 |
| Longitude | -1.130873 |
| Place Type | Village |
Broadnook emerges from the Leicestershire landscape as a modern development rising from the quiet clay of the Charnwood district. It lies 2.4 miles west of Syston (from Syston: bearing 267°T, OS grid SK 588 114), and is situated west-north-west of Wanlip village. The low sun catches the edges of new brickwork, casting long, lean shadows across the fields that once knew only the slow turning of the seasons. Broadnook sits within the broader sweep of Watermead Country Park, where the horizon feels wide and the air holds the damp, reed-scented memory of the nearby river. A short walk to the north, the Broadnook Sign stands as a solitary marker, a silent witness to the changing light that shifts from pale gold to bruised violet over the open ground. History remains deep in the soil here, hinted at by the proximity of ancient Roman villa remnants that lie waiting beneath the grass of the neighbouring parishes. The land around Broadnook retains a stark, honest character, defined by the steady, unadorned pressure of the wind sweeping in from the Charnwood hills. It is a place where the stillness of the countryside meets the deliberate, measured pace of new construction, leaving the earth to settle into its future.
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Explore Broadnook, 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: 52.697127, -1.130873. 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. |