Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Harborough · Region: East Midlands
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| Place | Glooston |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | Harborough |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.555378 |
| Longitude | -0.894330 |
| Place Type | Village |
Glooston breathes the quiet grace of Leicestershire countryside. It lies 8.6 km north-north-east of Market Harborough (from Market Harborough: bearing 13°T, OS grid SP 750 958), and is situated south of Goadby village. The village’s ancient church, St. Michael and All Angels, stands as a sentinel of weathered stone, its spire reaching for the soft, diffused light that often bathes these gentle slopes. A subtle murmur of agricultural life still underpins Glooston, the fields around it a patchwork of greens and golds that shift with the seasons, hinting at generations who have worked this land. The lanes leading into Glooston are often fringed with hedgerows, a wild, verdant border where birdsong might spill into the air on a still afternoon. Even in its quietude, Glooston holds the echo of a long past, a place where the present is gently held by the enduring spirit of the landscape.
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Explore Glooston, 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: 52.555378, -0.894330. 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. |