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.
| 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, a quiet corner of Leicestershire, breathes the gentle air of the East Midlands. It lies 3.9 km west of Syston (from Syston: bearing 267°T, OS grid SK 588 114), and is situated west-north-west of Wanlip village. The land here, a soft spread of green, seems to hold the light in its very pores, a subtle luminescence that touches the fields with a quiet grace. Broadnook’s character is etched not in grand pronouncements but in the humble sweep of its hedgerows and the steady, unassuming presence of its dwellings, suggesting lives lived with a deep connection to the earth. The air, carrying the scent of damp soil and distant woodsmoke, whispers of the seasons turning, a slow, constant rhythm that has shaped this place for generations.
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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 | 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. |