Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Hinckley and Bosworth · Region: East Midlands
Explore Sheepy Parva, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Sheepy Parva 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 | Sheepy Parva |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | Hinckley and Bosworth |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.609568 |
| Longitude | -1.510973 |
| Place Type | Village |
Sheepy Parva, a quiet Leicestershire hamlet, rests where the gentle currents of the River Anker begin to shape the surrounding fields. It lies 4.3 km north-north-east of Atherstone (from Atherstone: bearing 34°T, OS grid SK 332 014), and is situated east-north-east of Sheepy Magna village. The soil here, a rich, dark loam, seems to hold the memory of generations of farmers, its fertility a quiet promise under the wide East Midlands sky. A small church, its stone worn smooth by centuries of rain and wind, offers a point of stillness, its spire a slender finger pointing towards the clouds. The air often carries the faint, earthy scent of damp fields and distant livestock, a constant reminder of the agricultural heart that beats at Sheepy Parva's core. The light, particularly in the late afternoon, can fall with a peculiar golden softness across the scattered cottages and their well-tended gardens, lending an air of serene permanence to the scene. Here, the pace of life seems to flow not with the urgency of a great river, but with the measured grace of a meandering brook.
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Explore Sheepy Parva, 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: 52.609568, -1.510973. 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. |