Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Charnwood · Region: East Midlands
Explore Dishley, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Dishley 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 Dishley, 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 | Dishley |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | Charnwood |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.779191 |
| Longitude | -1.234603 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Dishley commands a quiet authority over the flat, fertile Leicestershire plains where the legacy of agricultural innovation lingers in the soil. It lies 1.3 miles west-north-west of Loughborough (from Loughborough: bearing 292°T, OS grid SK 517 204). Robert Bakewell, the eighteenth-century pioneer of selective livestock breeding, once transformed the productivity of these fields, leaving an indelible mark upon the landscape that persists even as modern suburban life encroaches. The ruins of All Saints' Church, Dishley, stand as a skeletal sentinel of this agrarian past, its weathered stone offering a stark contrast to the verdant expanse surrounding the site. Beyond these remnants, the waters of the Oxley Gutter trace a deliberate, winding path through the heavy earth, draining the low-lying meadows with a persistence that dictates the local topography. To the west, the shadow cast by the Cistercian Abbey and Mansion at Garendon serves as a reminder of the monastic industry that preceded the age of the plough. Light catches the edges of the brook and the nearby hillocks, revealing a geography shaped more by the patient toil of farmers than by the grand gestures of architects. Dishley remains a place where the stillness of the horizon invites a steady, measured contemplation of the land.
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Explore Dishley, 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: 52.779191, -1.234603. 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. |