Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Hinckley and Bosworth · Region: East Midlands
Explore Merry Lees, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Merry Lees 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 Merry Lees, 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 | Merry Lees |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | Hinckley and Bosworth |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.647876 |
| Longitude | -1.307653 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Merry Lees reveals itself as a quiet collection of dwellings tucked into the Leicestershire landscape, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered. It lies 4.2 miles east-north-east of Market Bosworth (from Market Bosworth: bearing 68°T, OS grid SK 469 057), and is situated west-north-west of Botcheston village. The terrain here holds a subtle, heavy stillness, shaped by the legacy of coal mining that once stirred the earth beneath these fields. To the north-west, the reclaimed ground of Bagworth Heath Woods invites a slow, observant walk through young timber and bracken. The light catches the surface of Thornton Reservoir nearby, turning the water into a sheet of hammered silver when the wind dies down. Merry Lees maintains a modest, unassuming presence, defined more by the rhythm of the changing seasons than by the noise of modern progress. History lingers in the local soil, marked by the faint, ancient indentations of a moated site that sits quietly just to the south. Such remnants of the past serve as a reminder that the land has long supported those who work its clay-heavy furrows.
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Explore Merry Lees, 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: 52.647876, -1.307653. 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. |