Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Melton · Region: East Midlands
Explore Saltby, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Saltby 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 Saltby, 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 | Saltby |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | Melton |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.826654 |
| Longitude | -0.740032 |
| Place Type | Village |
Saltby marks the horizon of the Melton district with a quiet, persistent elegance, its limestone buildings catching the pale, slanted light of the East Midlands. It lies 7.2 miles south-west of Grantham (from Grantham: bearing 215°T, OS grid SK 849 262), and is situated north-north-west of Sproxton village. The earth here holds the heavy, iron-rich memory of the Jurassic period, visible in the exposed strata near the Sproxton Quarry Sssi where the soil turns a deep, bruised ochre. Winds carry the salt-sharp scent of open fields across the flat, expansive pastures that define this corner of Leicestershire. Near the northern boundary, the waters of Swallow Hole mirror the shifting clouds, offering a tranquil depth that contrasts with the jagged, weathered stone of the landscape. History persists in the form of the Medieval Monastic Grange, where grass-covered building platforms rise like slow swells in a green sea. Saltby maintains a steady, agricultural heartbeat, indifferent to the hurried pace of the modern world beyond its borders. The air here feels thin and bright, clarifying the edges of every dry-stone wall and hawthorn hedge that marks the parish boundaries.
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Explore Saltby, 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: 52.826654, -0.740032. 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. |