Traditional county: Leicestershire · Unitary authority: City of Leicester · Region: East Midlands
Explore Knighton, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Knighton 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.
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| Place | Knighton |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| Unitary Authority | City of Leicester |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.608034 |
| Longitude | -1.112333 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Knighton retains the quiet, dignified composure of an ancient parish absorbed into the modern sprawl of the East Midlands. It lies 2.0 miles south-south-east of Leicester (from Leicester: bearing 153°T, OS grid SK 602 015). Red-brick Victorian villas and modest stone cottages define the streetscapes, their chimney pots casting long, sharp shadows across the tarmac as the afternoon sun begins to wane. A sense of deliberate permanence lingers here, where the quietude of Church Lane Gardens offers a sanctuary of trimmed hedges and carefully tended borders, shielding visitors from the insistent hum of the wider city. To the southwest, the waters of Saffron Brook trace a persistent, low-lying path through the landscape, acting as a natural boundary that separates the domestic quiet of the suburb from the busy arterial roads beyond. Knighton possesses a distinct character shaped by its evolution from a separate ecclesiastical village into a residential haven, yet it remains tethered to the rhythmic pulse of the nearby university quarter. The light in the late autumn months catches the grey slate roofs with a cold, silvery precision, highlighting the architectural transition between the old parish core and the later Edwardian expansions. Residents often walk the narrow lanes where the air carries a faint, damp scent of leaf mould and shifting earth, a reminder that the wilder geography of the brooks is never far from the doorstep.
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Explore Knighton, 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: 52.608034, -1.112333. 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. |