Traditional county: Leicestershire · Unitary authority: City of Leicester · Region: East Midlands
Explore Glen Parva, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Glen Parva 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 Glen Parva, 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 | Glen Parva |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| Unitary Authority | City of Leicester |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.593842 |
| Longitude | -1.167197 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Glen Parva breathes with the heavy, damp air of the Midlands, where the low-slung horizon holds the secrets of an ancient, working landscape. It lies 3.1 miles south-south-west of Leicester (from Leicester: bearing 207°T, OS grid SP 565 998), and is situated north of Blaby village. The terrain here softens into a gentle basin, shaped by the passage of water that once dictated the pace of local toil. To the north-west, the Lubbesthorpe Brook slips through the reeds like a silver thread, its movement indifferent to the suburban sprawl that now presses against the fields. Glen Parva retains a quiet resilience, marked by the persistent, rhythmic pulse of the nearby roads that contrast with the stillness of the older, moss-covered boundaries. A short distance to the north-east, the weathered stones of the ‘Roman’ Bridge at Aylestone offer a silent witness to the centuries, their rough texture grounding the modern surroundings in a deeper, more enduring reality. Light catches the damp grass in the late afternoon, turning the meadows into sheets of pale copper as the sun retreats behind the distant, industrial silhouettes. This landscape does not shout its history but lets it settle into the soil, quiet and heavy, like the sediment at the bottom of the nearby riverbeds.
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Explore Glen Parva, 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: 52.593842, -1.167197. 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. |