Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Melton · Region: East Midlands
Explore Shoby, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Shoby 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 Shoby, 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 | Shoby |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | Melton |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.774708 |
| Longitude | -0.990904 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Shoby remains a quiet fragment of the Leicestershire landscape, defined by the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons across its open fields. It lies 4.3 miles west of Melton Mowbray (from Melton Mowbray: bearing 278°T, OS grid SK 681 201), and is situated west-south-west of Saxelbye village. The terrain here holds a particular austerity, where the low sun catches the furrows of the earth and reveals the stark geometry of the land. To the south-south-east, the waters of the Austen Dyke move with a rhythmic, hidden purpose through the heavy clay soil. Shoby exists in a space where the noise of the modern world thins out, replaced by the persistent, dry rustle of wind through long grass. Beyond the immediate boundaries, the Frisby Marsh SSSI sustains a fragile, damp ecosystem that contrasts sharply with the surrounding agricultural austerity. Shoby preserves a sense of stillness that seems to belong to an older, more patient geology. The light here does not merely illuminate the fields; it seems to press against the horizon, grounding the hamlet in a permanent, unyielding clarity.
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Explore Shoby, 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: 52.774708, -0.990904. 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. |