Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Melton · Region: East Midlands
Explore Harston, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Harston 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.
| Place | Harston |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | Melton |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.876580 |
| Longitude | -0.754114 |
| Place Type | Village |
Harston, a Leicestershire village within the Melton district, offers a quiet charm of the East Midlands. It lies 8.5 km west-south-west of Grantham (from Grantham: bearing 242°T, OS grid SK 839 317), and is situated east-north-east of Knipton village. The land around Harston gently slopes, a subtle rise and fall that catches the morning light with a soft, golden hue, hinting at the agricultural rhythms that have shaped this place for centuries. The parish church, with its enduring stone, stands as a quiet sentinel, its spire a familiar point against the wide English sky. Harston’s character is one of understated continuity, where the echoes of past generations are felt not in grand monuments, but in the enduring fabric of its landscape and the peaceful unfolding of its days.
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Explore Harston, 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: 52.876580, -0.754114. 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. |