Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Blaby · Region: East Midlands
Explore Leicester Forest West, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Leicester Forest West 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 Leicester Forest West, 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 | Leicester Forest West |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | Blaby |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.615674 |
| Longitude | -1.259981 |
| Place Type | Village |
Leicester Forest West observes the steady passage of the sun across the Leicestershire horizon, where the land flattens into a calm, agricultural expanse. It lies 3.6 miles north-east of Earl Shilton (from Earl Shilton: bearing 40°T, OS grid SK 502 022), and is situated south-west of Kirby Muxloe village. Heavy clay soils define the earth here, clutching the roots of ancient hedgerows that mark the boundaries of fields long since cleared of their original timber. The quietude of the surrounding meadows is punctuated by the presence of the Iron Age Enclosure, a silent, earth-bound sentinel standing just over a mile to the south-east. Leicester Forest West maintains a composure born of its proximity to the M1 motorway, which slices through the landscape like a restless, unending river of light. To the north-west, the Botcheston Bog SSSI offers a fragile sanctuary for wetland flora, a stark contrast to the structured, human-managed rows of nearby gardens. The light in Leicester Forest West possesses a peculiar, pale clarity during the winter months, catching the damp surfaces of the roads and turning them into mirrors of the grey, expansive sky. Every structure here, from the modern dwellings to the older vestiges of the landscape, exists in a fragile balance between the relentless progress of the road and the ancient, unyielding weight of the soil.
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Explore Leicester Forest West, 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: 52.615674, -1.259981. 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. |