Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Harborough · Region: East Midlands
Explore Great Glen, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Great Glen 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 Great Glen, 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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Drag the map to pan to any area of Leicestershire or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Great Glen and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Great Glen |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | Harborough |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.575032 |
| Longitude | -1.033123 |
| Place Type | Village |
Great Glen commands the rolling topography of the Leicestershire landscape, where the heavy, loam-rich earth yields to a horizon painted in hues of soft, autumnal ochre. It lies 5.8 miles south-east of Leicester (from Leicester: bearing 134°T, OS grid SP 656 979), and is situated east-north-east of Newton Harcourt village. The architecture here retains a quiet gravity, with stone and brick structures absorbing the low-slung, silvery light that frequently spills across the Midland plains. A short distance away, the Medieval Manorial Fishponds at the Banks offer a silent, water-bound reflection of a more archaic age, their still surfaces mirroring the shifting clouds. Great Glen remains a place of steady transit and quiet industry, marked by the presence of significant educational institutions that anchor its daily pulse. To the south-west, the Wistow Rural Centre draws those who seek the tactile pleasures of artisanal craft and open-air respite amidst the verdant fields. The land itself possesses an unforced elegance, an expanse where the sky feels vast and the breeze carries the faint, crisp scent of working soil.
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Explore Great Glen, 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: 52.575032, -1.033123. 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. |