Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Melton · Region: East Midlands
Explore Rotherby, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Rotherby 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 Rotherby, 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 | Rotherby |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | Melton |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.742479 |
| Longitude | -1.000507 |
| Place Type | Village |
Rotherby rests upon the low, iron-rich ridges of the Leicestershire Wolds, where the horizon broadens into a pale, shifting canvas of arable fields. It lies 4.3 miles north-east of Syston (from Syston: bearing 45°T, OS grid SK 675 165), and is situated south-east of Hoby village. The River Wreake flows just half a mile to the north-north-west, its waters charting a slow, serpentine course that anchors the damp, fertile life of the valley. Ancient limestone buildings within Rotherby hold the morning light with a stubborn, grey clarity, their walls cooling the air even as the sun climbs high. A quietude persists here, interrupted only by the distant, rhythmic turning of agricultural machinery across the heavy clay soils. To the east, the Frisby Marsh Sssi preserves a pocket of wetland wildness, where the reeds lean in unison against the prevailing wind. History in Rotherby is measured not in grand monuments, but in the enduring grain of the local stone and the steady, seasonal pulse of the surrounding pastures. Such landscapes demand a patient eye, rewarding those who notice how the shadows lengthen across the meadows long before the day has truly spent itself.
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Explore Rotherby, 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: 52.742479, -1.000507. 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. |