Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Hinckley and Bosworth · Region: East Midlands
Explore Far Coton, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Far Coton 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 | Far Coton |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | Hinckley and Bosworth |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.613742 |
| Longitude | -1.429298 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Far Coton rests gently in the Leicestershire landscape, a quiet acknowledgement of rural continuity. It lies 2.2 km west-south-west of Market Bosworth (from Market Bosworth: bearing 237°T, OS grid SK 387 019), and is situated north of Shenton village. The fields surrounding Far Coton, often a rich tapestry of greens and golds under the wide East Midlands sky, suggest a long and unbroken connection to the soil. The air here carries the faint, earthy perfume of cultivated land, a scent that has no doubt drifted across these same horizons for generations. Though modest in its scale, Far Coton possesses a subtle charm, an unassuming grace that is perhaps best appreciated in the soft, diffused light of an autumn afternoon, when the hedgerows turn to flame.
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Explore Far Coton, 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: 52.613742, -1.429298. 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. |