Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Melton · Region: East Midlands
Explore Somerby, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Somerby 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 Somerby, 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 | Somerby |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | Melton |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.687152 |
| Longitude | -0.850379 |
| Place Type | Village |
Somerby commands a high ridge of ironstone, where the expansive Leicestershire horizon gathers in the wide, pale light of the East Midlands. It lies 5.2 miles west-north-west of Oakham (from Oakham: bearing 283°T, OS grid SK 778 105), and is situated south-west of Pickwell village. The limestone masonry of the parish church catches the afternoon sun, casting long, sharp shadows across a landscape that has remained largely agricultural for centuries. To the north-west, the earth rises abruptly toward the ramparts of Burrough Hill, where the ancient, grass-grown earthworks of the Iron Age hill fort still hold the silence of the high plateau. Somerby maintains a quiet, deliberate pace, its lanes lined with dwellings that reflect the warm, ochre hues of the local stone. Beyond the edge of the houses, the terrain dips toward the remnants of the Augustinian abbey at Owston, where the landscape is marked by the lingering geometry of medieval fishponds. These fields hold a certain stillness, as if the land itself remembers the weight of the sheep that once formed the foundation of the local wool trade. The air here carries a crisp, open quality, unburdened by the density of the lowland valleys below.
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Explore Somerby, 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: 52.687152, -0.850379. 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. |