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Saxby Leicestershire Map

Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Melton · Region: East Midlands

Explore Saxby, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Saxby 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.

Interactive Map of Saxby, Leicestershire

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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Saxby, 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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PlaceSaxby
Traditional CountyLeicestershire
District / BoroughMelton
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude52.769763
Longitude-0.784616
Place TypeHamlet

About Saxby

Saxby emerges from the Leicestershire landscape as a modest collection of dwellings defined by the quiet persistence of its agricultural horizon. It lies 4.3 miles east of Melton Mowbray (from Melton Mowbray: bearing 87°T, OS grid SK 820 198), and is situated west-north-west of Wymondham village. High, open skies dominate the view here, casting a pale, shifting light over the fields that transition toward the modest rise of Covermill Hill to the west. The local topography is marked by the deliberate, ancient traces of human occupation, most notably the nearby Stapleford Deserted Medieval Village and Ice House, where the earth still holds the ghost-lines of older habitations. Beyond the immediate boundaries of Saxby, the River Eye carves a slow, meandering path through the terrain, providing a silvered vein of water that feeds the surrounding pastures. The character of the land remains deeply tethered to the rhythm of the seasons, where the damp, clay-rich soil dictates the pace of the working day. Travellers passing through Saxby encounter a stillness that is rarely broken, save for the wind brushing against the hedgerows or the distant, rhythmic turning of machinery. This corner of the East Midlands retains a stoic, unadorned presence, indifferent to the clamour of the modern world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Stapleford Deserted Medieval Village And Ice House (Scheduled Monument) — 0.9 mi, 209° SSW · 10 ha
  • Cross 160M North East Of St Mary Magdalen Church (Scheduled Monument) — 1.0 mi, 206° SSW
  • Stapleford Hall (Historic Park or Garden) — 1.1 mi, 186° S · 331 ha
  • River Eye (River) — 1.2 mi, 056° NE
  • Covermill Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.3 mi, 280° W
  • Dovecot Nook Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.5 mi, 253° WSW
  • Wymondham Rough Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.7 mi, 155° SSE · 6 ha
  • Moated Site And Fishpond At Wyfordby (Scheduled Monument) — 1.8 mi, 251° WSW
  • Whissendine Brook (River) — 1.9 mi, 161° SSE
  • Twin Lakes Adventure Park (Theme Park) — 3.2 mi, 288° WNW
  • Stonesby Quarry Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.3 mi, 353° N · 3 ha
  • Whissendine Windmill (Attraction) — 3.5 mi, 178° S
  • Whissendine Village Sign (Public Artwork) — 3.5 mi, 173° S
  • Melton Country Park (Park) — 3.7 mi, 277° W
  • The Green (Park) — 3.7 mi, 131° SE
  • Melton Carnegie Museum (Museum) — 4.0 mi, 265° W
  • Melton Theatre (Theatre) — 4.5 mi, 267° W
  • The Mount motte at Melton Mowbray (Scheduled Monument) (Monument) — 4.6 mi, 263° W
  • Cribbs Meadow (National Nature Reserve) — 5.0 mi, 098° E · 4 ha
  • Swallow Hole (Lake / Reservoir) — 5.0 mi, 016° NNE
  • The Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 5.2 mi, 185° S
  • Rocks by Rail (Museum) — 5.3 mi, 134° SE
  • Workshop (Museum) — 5.5 mi, 134° SE
  • Knipton Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 6.4 mi, 358° N
  • Priory Water (Wetland) — 6.7 mi, 264° W
  • Motherford's Spring (Wetland) — 7.0 mi, 078° ENE
  • Woolsthorpe Manor (Isaac Newton's Birthplace) (Museum) — 7.0 mi, 067° ENE
  • Mini Monsters (Theme Park) — 7.2 mi, 163° SSE
  • Oakham Castle (Castle) — 7.2 mi, 161° SSE
  • Burley Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 7.5 mi, 147° SSE

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About This Saxby Map Page

Explore Saxby, 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: 52.769763, -0.784616. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.