Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Melton · Region: East Midlands
Explore Old Dalby, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Old Dalby 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 Old Dalby, 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 | Old Dalby |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | Melton |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.807555 |
| Longitude | -1.001344 |
| Place Type | Village |
Old Dalby emerges from the Leicestershire landscape as a quiet collection of stone and brick, holding its history in the quiet lines of its architecture. It lies 5.5 miles west-north-west of Melton Mowbray (from Melton Mowbray: bearing 301°T, OS grid SK 674 238), and is situated north-north-west of Grimston village. The terrain here rises with a deliberate, muscular grace, where Wood's Hill stands as a modest sentinel watching over the low-lying pastures. Below this elevation, the earth holds the secrets of the Knights Templar at the Preceptory At Old Dalby, where the stone foundations still anchor the memory of medieval devotion into the soil. Light moves across these fields with a particular clarity, catching the edges of the hedgerows and revealing the subtle, uneven rhythm of the local topography. Old Dalby maintains a character defined by this proximity to the land, where the wind carries the scent of damp earth and distant, turning seasons. A stroll toward The Green reveals how the public spaces serve as the lungs of the parish, inviting a pause amidst the steady progress of the rural day. Every lane and boundary in Old Dalby reflects a centuries-old conversation between the inhabitants and the stubborn, fertile clay of the East Midlands.
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Explore Old Dalby, 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: 52.807555, -1.001344. 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. |