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.
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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| Place | Saxby |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | Melton |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.769763 |
| Longitude | -0.784616 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
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.
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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 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. |