Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Hinckley and Bosworth · Region: East Midlands
Explore Hollycroft, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Hollycroft 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 Hollycroft, 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 | Hollycroft |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | Hinckley and Bosworth |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.542755 |
| Longitude | -1.389138 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Hollycroft breathes with the quiet, suburban respiration of the Leicestershire landscape, its red-brick residences anchored firmly to the clay soil. It lies 0.7 miles west of Hinckley (from Hinckley: bearing 280°T, OS grid SP 415 940). The terrain here rises in gentle, unassuming swells, catching the low-slanting afternoon sun that turns the slate roofs to shimmering charcoal. A short distance away, the waters of Battling Brook trace a restless, silver vein through the verdant margins, carrying the runoff of the rolling Midlands fields toward the horizon. Residents often wander toward the nearby Rock Gardens, where the arranged stone outcrops offer a rugged, miniature geography that contrasts with the domestic order of the surrounding lanes. Hollycroft maintains a steady, rhythmic connection to the neighbouring market town, where the ghost of medieval commerce still lingers in the older thoroughfares. The air carries a crispness sharpened by the proximity of open agricultural tracts, far removed from the heavy soot of industrial memory. Throughout the changing seasons, the light here holds a pale, clarity that defines the edges of the gardens and the quiet, leaf-strewn paths.
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Explore Hollycroft, 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: 52.542755, -1.389138. 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. |