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.
| 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, a quiet suburban expanse, unfolds with a gentle grace. It lies 0.8 km south-east of Leicester (from Leicester: bearing 138°T, OS grid SK 592 037). Here, the late afternoon sun often casts a honeyed glow across the neatly kept gardens, illuminating the subtle greens of well-tended lawns and the deeper hues of mature trees that line the residential streets. The air, particularly after a spring shower, carries a faint, earthy scent, a reminder of the surrounding Leicestershire countryside that presses in, softening the edges of the built environment. Though not a place of grand historical pronouncements, Southfields holds its own quiet charm, a feeling of settled domesticity that has accumulated over decades, like layers of paint on a well-loved fence. There is a certain stillness to it, a sense that life here moves at a pace dictated by school runs and evening walks, a gentle rhythm distinct from the city's more insistent pulse.
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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 | 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. |