Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Hinckley and Bosworth · Region: East Midlands
Explore Bufton, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Bufton 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 Bufton, 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 | Bufton |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | Hinckley and Bosworth |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.648722 |
| Longitude | -1.409066 |
| Place Type | Other Settlement |
Bufton occupies a quiet, unassuming corner of the rolling Leicestershire landscape where the horizon seems to stretch with a patient, pastoral gravity. It lies 1.7 miles north of Market Bosworth (from Market Bosworth: bearing 349°T, OS grid SK 400 058), and is situated south-south-east of Barton in the Beans village. The land around Bufton retains the memory of ancient industry, marked by the persistent, subtle presence of the Roman Foundations E Of Barton Road. These remnants of past habitation anchor the soil, grounding the modern fields in a deep, historical continuity that predates the current hedgerows. Further to the west, the water of the Ashby Canal SSSI reflects a pale, silver light, tracing a slow line through the earth that has long served as a conduit for both commerce and quiet contemplation. This waterway offers a stark, reflective contrast to the hum of the nearby market town, which exerts a rhythmic pull on the life of the surrounding fields. Bufton remains defined by this interplay between the heavy, dark loam of the farmland and the expansive, grey skies of the East Midlands. Such a landscape demands a certain stillness from those who walk its lanes, where every shadow cast by the afternoon sun feels deliberate and weighted with the passage of centuries.
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Explore Bufton, 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: 52.648722, -1.409066. 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. |