Great Dalby Leicestershire Map

About Great Dalby

Great Dalby surveys the gentle Leicestershire countryside with a quiet grace. It lies 4.8 km south of Melton Mowbray (from Melton Mowbray: bearing 188°T, OS grid SK 745 145), and is situated north-north-east of Thorpe Satchville village. The village itself unfolds along a modest rise, its stone houses catching the afternoon sun in a way that suggests centuries of settled life, their roofs a warm, earthy red against the prevailing green. A sense of enduring rural character pervades Great Dalby, with fields of barley and wheat stretching towards the horizon, their colours shifting with the seasons, a constant, subtle drama played out under the vast East Midlands sky. The parish church, St. Andrew's, offers a silent, stoic presence, its spire a familiar marker against the horizon, a point of continuity in the ever-turning landscape.

About This Great Dalby Map Page

Explore Great Dalby, 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: 52.723459, -0.898287. 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.