Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Charnwood · Region: East Midlands
Explore Prestwold, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Prestwold 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 | Prestwold |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | Charnwood |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.790730 |
| Longitude | -1.148332 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Prestwold whispers its quiet existence in the Charnwood district. It lies 4.4 km east-north-east of Loughborough (from Loughborough: bearing 62°T, OS grid SK 575 218), and is situated south of Hoton village. The lanes here, often canopied by ancient oaks, seem to hold the soft, diffused light of the East Midlands, a gentle luminescence that falls upon the scattered residences and agricultural land. The very air carries a faint, earthy scent, redolent of ploughed fields and distant hedgerows, a subtle perfume of the pastoral. Prestwold’s modest spread suggests a history woven not in grand pronouncements but in the quiet continuity of country life, where the passing seasons mark the true rhythm of existence.
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Explore Prestwold, 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: 52.790730, -1.148332. 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 | 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. |