Traditional county: Leicestershire · Unitary authority: City of Leicester · Region: East Midlands
Explore Southfields, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Southfields 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 Southfields, 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 | Southfields |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| Unitary Authority | City of Leicester |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.628197 |
| Longitude | -1.125458 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Southfields retains a quiet gravity, caught between the scholarly bustle of the nearby university and the enduring expanse of Victorian civic planning. It lies 0.5 miles south-east of Leicester (from Leicester: bearing 138°T, OS grid SK 592 037). Brick terraces define the character of Southfields, where the morning light catches the soot-tinted masonry of older facades with a flickering, amber warmth. Residents find a meditative pause at the edge of the New Walk, a historic promenade that draws the spirit outward toward the greenery of the city centre. The nearby Arch of Remembrance stands as a silent sentinel, its stone silhouette marking the transition between the domestic streets and the open, verdant lawns of the neighbouring parkland. Winter afternoons here bring a sharp clarity to the air, sharpening the edges of the slate roofs against a pale, bruised sky. Even in the greyest weather, the rhythmic passage of pedestrians along the paved routes provides a steady, human heartbeat to the district. Southfields persists as a place of modest transitions, where the weight of industrial history settles softly into the modern routines of its inhabitants.
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Explore Southfields, 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: 52.628197, -1.125458. 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. |