Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Harborough · Region: East Midlands
Explore Burton Overy, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Burton Overy 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 Burton Overy, 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 | Burton Overy |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | Harborough |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.576488 |
| Longitude | -1.000581 |
| Place Type | Village |
Burton Overy holds the quiet composure of a landscape that has long since traded its medieval clamour for the steady, rhythmic growth of hedgerows and limestone. It lies 6.8 miles south-east of Leicester (from Leicester: bearing 125°T, OS grid SP 678 980), and is situated east of Great Glen village. The sunlight here seems to linger longer against the ironstone walls, illuminating the subtle slopes where the Medieval Manorial Fishponds At The Banks once sustained the daily needs of an earlier age. These earthworks, now smoothed by centuries of rain, trace the memory of water into the soil with a faint, deliberate grace. Beyond the church, the horizon widens toward the rise of Tamborough Hill, where the air feels sharper and the open fields carry the scent of turned earth. Burton Overy maintains a poise defined by its collection of ironstone cottages, their warm, russet tones reflecting the geology of the surrounding Leicestershire fields. Walking these lanes, one finds that the weight of the past is not a burden but a texture, felt in the uneven cobbles and the persistent, quiet growth of the hedgerows. History here does not shout, but resides in the deliberate placement of a gate or the way the evening shadow stretches across the quiet lanes of Burton Overy.
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Explore Burton Overy, 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: 52.576488, -1.000581. 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. |