Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Hinckley and Bosworth · Region: East Midlands
Explore Carlton, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Carlton 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 | Carlton |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | Hinckley and Bosworth |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.640527 |
| Longitude | -1.419078 |
| Place Type | Village |
Carlton, a quiet Leicestershire village, offers a glimpse into the gentle cadence of East Midlands life. It lies 2.1 km north-west of Market Bosworth (from Market Bosworth: bearing 326°T, OS grid SK 394 049), and is situated south-south-west of Barton in the Beans village. The surrounding fields, often bathed in a soft, buttery light that seems to linger on the horizon, speak of a landscape shaped by generations of quiet cultivation. A distinctive feature of Carlton is its village green, a space where the grass grows with a particular softness, inviting contemplation under the vast English sky. Though not a place of grand pronouncements, Carlton holds a certain stillness, a sense of enduring presence in the heart of the countryside.
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Explore Carlton, 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: 52.640527, -1.419078. 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. |