Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Charnwood · Region: East Midlands
Explore Cotes, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Cotes 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 Cotes, 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 | Cotes |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | Charnwood |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.780244 |
| Longitude | -1.175727 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Cotes drifts across the flat, alluvial plains of the Soar valley, defined by the quiet persistence of water and the long shadows of the Leicestershire sky. It lies 1.4 miles east-north-east of Loughborough (from Loughborough: bearing 66°T, OS grid SK 556 206). The landscape surrounding Cotes maintains a singular, open composure, where the horizon meets the earth in a clean, sharp line. Only a stone’s throw from the houses, the Cotes Grassland SSSI preserves a rare, unploughed botanical archive that breathes with the rhythm of the changing seasons. Further traces of human endurance linger in the nearby Deserted Medieval Village, where the hummocks of earth suggest the foundations of homes long reclaimed by the meadow grass. The light here has a peculiar quality, catching the moisture off the river and gilding the tall, swaying stems of the meadow flora in a pale, translucent gold. Cotes remains a place where the modern world feels distant, eclipsed by the ancient, steady patience of the floodplains. Even as the wind stirs the reeds, the air holds a stillness that seems to belong to another century entirely.
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Explore Cotes, 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: 52.780244, -1.175727. 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. |