Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Hinckley and Bosworth · Region: East Midlands
Explore Nailstone, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Nailstone 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 | Nailstone |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | Hinckley and Bosworth |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.659867 |
| Longitude | -1.385630 |
| Place Type | Village |
Nailstone emerges from the heavy Leicestershire clay as a collection of stone and brick held fast by the quiet persistence of the surrounding fields. It lies 2.0 miles south-south-east of Ibstock (from Ibstock: bearing 165°T, OS grid SK 416 070), and is situated north-west of Barlestone village. The church of All Saints acts as a high-water mark of local history, its spire charting the moods of the sky above a landscape that has long traded the sweat of coal mining for the slow rotation of arable crops. Sunlight here has a way of lingering on the damp earth after a rain, illuminating the hidden folds of the countryside that stretch toward the tranquil waters of the Mill Stream. These low-lying horizons offer a stark, unadorned beauty, where the wind carries the scent of turned soil and the distant, rhythmic hum of the modern world feels miles removed. A few miles to the west, the damp, sequestered reedbeds of the Newton Burgoland Marshes SSSI provide a sanctuary for species that thrive in the forgotten corners of the county. Nailstone maintains a deliberate pace, tethered to the seasons rather than the frantic pulse of the nearby motorway network. Such places demand a patient eye, rewarding those who notice how the light catches the lichen on a boundary wall or the way the evening mist pools in the hollows.
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Explore Nailstone, 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: 52.659867, -1.385630. 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. |