Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Hinckley and Bosworth · Region: East Midlands
Explore Smockington, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Smockington 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 | Smockington |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | Hinckley and Bosworth |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.504152 |
| Longitude | -1.332453 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Smockington, a quiet corner of Leicestershire, exhales the gentle air of rural England. It lies 5.0 km south-east of Hinckley (from Hinckley: bearing 146°T, OS grid SP 454 897), and is situated north-east of Wolvey Heath village. This hamlet, where the fields roll with a soft green hue under the vast East Midlands sky, holds a history as unassuming as its present. The landscape around Smockington is a subtle symphony of hedgerows and arable land, the very earth seemingly breathing out the scent of turned soil after a spring rain. Though no grand monuments dominate its horizon, Smockington possesses a quiet dignity, a place where time seems to flow with the unhurried pace of the nearby brooks, reflecting the diffused light of a cloudy day. The agricultural heritage of the region is palpable, a silent testament to generations who have worked this land.
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Explore Smockington, 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: 52.504152, -1.332453. 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. |