Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Harborough · Region: East Midlands
Explore Carlton Curlieu, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Carlton Curlieu 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.
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| Place | Carlton Curlieu |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | Harborough |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.568725 |
| Longitude | -0.976929 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Carlton Curlieu emerges from the Leicestershire landscape as a quiet collection of dwellings, defined by the slow drift of seasons across its fields. It lies 6.6 miles north-north-west of Market Harborough (from Market Harborough: bearing 340°T, OS grid SP 694 972), and is situated east-south-east of Burton Overy village. The geography here is dominated by heavy, fertile clay that clings to the boots and holds the memory of ancient plough-lines. To the south of the local church, the earth retains the subtle, hummocked ghost of medieval village remains, where the foundations of lost hearths now rest beneath a blanket of indifferent grass. Sunlight slants across these ridges in the late afternoon, casting long, bruised shadows that seem to anchor Carlton Curlieu to its deeper, forgotten roots. Beyond the immediate boundaries of the houses, the horizon rolls toward the distant rise of Tamborough Hill, which breaks the monotony of the flat horizon like a sudden intake of breath. The air around Carlton Curlieu often carries the sharp, clean scent of damp limestone and turning soil, a fragrance that persists long after the harvest machinery has retreated. This landscape remains a place of quiet endurance, where the modern world feels like a distant, frantic hum against the profound stillness of the fields.
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Explore Carlton Curlieu, 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: 52.568725, -0.976929. 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. |