Traditional county: Leicestershire · Unitary authority: City of Leicester · Region: East Midlands
Explore Knighton Fields, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Knighton Fields 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 | Knighton Fields |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| Unitary Authority | City of Leicester |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.609356 |
| Longitude | -1.131799 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Knighton Fields, a quiet corner of Leicestershire, offers a gentle transition from urban sprawl to the verdant embrace of the countryside. It lies 2.7 km south of Leicester (from Leicester: bearing 178°T, OS grid SK 588 016). The land here unfurls in subtle undulations, a landscape shaped by ancient watercourses that still whisper their secrets to the passing breeze. The air, particularly in the early morning, carries a faint, earthy perfume, a testament to the well-tended gardens and the lingering dew on its modest green spaces. Though not a place of grand pronouncements or historical pronouncements, the very texture of Knighton Fields, in its neat residential streets and the occasional glimpse of distant fields, suggests a continuity, a quiet unfolding of life through the decades. Here, the rhythm is one of everyday existence, punctuated by the changing seasons and the dependable cycle of suburban routine, a subtle harmony often overlooked in the clamour of larger settlements.
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Explore Knighton Fields, 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: 52.609356, -1.131799. 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. |