Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Hinckley and Bosworth · Region: East Midlands
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| 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 endures as a modest cluster of dwellings amidst the quiet, working agricultural lands of the Hinckley and Bosworth district. It lies 1.4 miles 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 light here possesses a singular, thin clarity, often catching the grey stone of distant boundaries or the deep, saturated green of the surrounding pastures. Far Coton remains defined by the slow, seasonal pulse of the fields, where the horizon is kept open and unencumbered by the sprawl of modern industry. A short distance to the southeast, the slopes of Ambion Hill rise as a silent witness to the fractured history of the region, their contours offering a vantage point over the low-lying terrain. The air retains a stillness that seems to carry the echoes of that long-ago conflict, yet the land itself has returned to the patient, repetitive work of the plough. Residents of Far Coton often look toward the nearby Bosworth Battlefield Country Park, where the memory of the past is maintained in the maintenance of the wild, sweeping grasslands. This place exists as a peripheral, contemplative fragment of the East Midlands, unhurried by the clamour of the neighbouring market towns.
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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 | 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. |