Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Harborough · Region: East Midlands
Explore Launde Abbey, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Launde Abbey 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 | Launde Abbey |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | Harborough |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.631824 |
| Longitude | -0.825396 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Launde Abbey whispers tales of quiet contemplation, a hamlet where the rolling Leicestershire countryside unfolds with a certain gentle dignity. It lies 7.7 km west-south-west of Oakham (from Oakham: bearing 237°T, OS grid SK 795 044), and is situated north-north-west of Belton-in-Rutland village. The very air here seems to possess a hushed quality, perhaps a lingering echo from its monastic past, a place where devotion once shaped the very stone and spirit. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-grey skies of the East Midlands, falls with a soft, diffused glow upon the scattered farmsteads and the venerable walls that remain. The landscape around Launde Abbey is one of enduring agricultural patterns, fields of green and gold stretching towards horizons softened by distance. Here, the passage of time feels less like a hurried rush and more like the slow, deliberate turning of seasons, a rhythm as old as the land itself.
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Explore Launde Abbey, 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: 52.631824, -0.825396. 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.
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| 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. |