Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Melton · Region: East Midlands
Explore Holwell, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Holwell 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 | Holwell |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | Melton |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.806197 |
| Longitude | -0.912278 |
| Place Type | Village |
Holwell rests in the rolling Leicestershire countryside, a quiet settlement that breathes the soft air of the East Midlands. It lies 4.7 km north-north-west of Melton Mowbray (from Melton Mowbray: bearing 340°T, OS grid SK 734 237), and is situated east-north-east of Ab Kettleby village. The land here, a gentle sweep of green fields often brushed by a pale, luminous light, whispers of ancient ploughlands and the enduring cycle of agriculture. The lanes that meander through Holwell carry a hushed quality, their hedgerows a riot of hedgerow blossoms in their season, a fleeting beauty that speaks of the land’s quiet abundance. Though not a place of grand pronouncements, Holwell offers a sense of continuity, a subtle echo of lives lived and labours undertaken across the centuries.
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Explore Holwell, 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: 52.806197, -0.912278. 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. |