Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Melton · Region: East Midlands
Explore Cold Overton, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Cold Overton 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 Cold Overton, 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.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of Leicestershire or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Cold Overton and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.
| Place | Cold Overton |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | Melton |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.681050 |
| Longitude | -0.803352 |
| Place Type | Village |
Cold Overton endures as a quiet collection of stone and slate atop the Leicestershire ridges, where the air possesses a sharp, clean clarity even in the height of summer. It lies 3.2 miles west-north-west of Oakham (from Oakham: bearing 284°T, OS grid SK 809 099), and is situated north-north-east of Knossington village. The limestone buildings catch the low afternoon light, turning a pale, honeyed hue that contrasts against the dark, heavy foliage of the surrounding fields. To the north-east, the slopes of Ranksborough Hill rise with a quiet dominance, watching over the patchwork of pastures that define the local horizon. The landscape remains largely agricultural, shaped by generations of ironstone farming that left the earth rich and stubborn under the plough. A short distance to the south-west, the earth bears the faint, sunken scars of the Moated Grange and Enclosure at Owston, where the ground holds the memory of medieval foundations beneath the modern turf. Cold Overton retains an austere dignity, indifferent to the hurried pace of the wider world, preferring the slow, rhythmic rotation of the seasons.
Loading news…
Loading news-world…
Loading news-world…
Explore Cold Overton, 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: 52.681050, -0.803352. 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. |