Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Harborough · Region: East Midlands
Explore Laughton, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Laughton 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 | Laughton |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | Harborough |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.494928 |
| Longitude | -1.029651 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Laughton rests gently in the Leicestershire countryside, a place where the sky seems to hold a particular, luminous quality. It lies 7.4 km west-north-west of Market Harborough (from Market Harborough: bearing 283°T, OS grid SP 659 890), and is situated east of Mowsley village. The fields surrounding Laughton, a patchwork of greens and golds under the wide East Midlands sky, speak of generations of farmers who have worked this rich, dark earth. The quiet lanes, often bordered by ancient hedgerows that seem to whisper tales of centuries past, invite a contemplative stroll, where the only sounds might be the rustle of leaves or the distant lowing of cattle. There is a certain enduring solidity to the stone buildings of Laughton, a quiet testament to the lives lived and the labour undertaken here, their roofs catching the afternoon sun with a soft, warm glow. The land here, gently rolling and fertile, has always offered its bounty, shaping the character of Laughton through the seasons and the turning of the years.
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Explore Laughton, 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: 52.494928, -1.029651. 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. |