Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Harborough · Region: East Midlands
Explore Illston on the Hill, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Illston on the Hill 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 Illston on the Hill, 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 | Illston on the Hill |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | Harborough |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.587627 |
| Longitude | -0.956783 |
| Place Type | Village |
Illston on the Hill crowns a rise of Leicestershire clay, where the horizon broadens to catch the fleeting, pale gold of a mid-afternoon sun. It lies 7.6 miles north of Market Harborough (from Market Harborough: bearing 349°T, OS grid SP 707 993), and is situated south-east of Gaulby village. The land here holds the quiet weight of centuries, its slopes marked by the presence of the Churchyard Cross in St Michael's Churchyard, where weathered stone leans against the slow passage of seasons. Beyond the immediate cluster of homes, the landscape rises toward the broad, open shoulder of Tamborough Hill, catching winds that have travelled across the open midlands. The earth around Illston on the Hill is furrowed by the memories of older habitations, revealing itself in the subtle, uneven ground that tells of lives long since moved on. Stone walls and hedgerows partition the fields into a patchwork of deep green and brown, reflecting a rhythm of labour that has persisted through generations. The air carries a sharp, clean clarity that seems to sharpen the edges of the distant horizon, reminding the observer of the permanence of the soil beneath. Such places endure not through grand gestures, but by the steady, persistent way they occupy the landscape, grounding the sky to the earth.
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Explore Illston on the Hill, 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: 52.587627, -0.956783. 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. |