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Swannington Leicestershire Map

Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: North West Leicestershire · Region: East Midlands

Explore Swannington, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Swannington 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.

Interactive Map of Swannington, Leicestershire

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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Swannington, 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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PlaceSwannington
Traditional CountyLeicestershire
District / BoroughNorth West Leicestershire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude52.742532
Longitude-1.386483
Place TypeVillage

About Swannington

Swannington reveals its character through the rugged remnants of its coal-mining past, where the earth still bears the quiet weight of industrial toil beneath a verdant veneer. It lies 1.9 miles north-west of Coalville (from Coalville: bearing 324°T, OS grid SK 415 162), and is situated south-west of Thringstone village. The landscape rises into gentle heights, most notably near Red Hill, where the horizon broadens to catch the fleeting, pale light of the East Midlands sky. High above the tracks and lanes, the solitary silhouette of Hough Tower Mill stands as a sentinel, its masonry recording the changing winds that have swept across these fields for generations. Broad Hill offers a vantage point from which one might observe how the terrain dips and swells, reflecting a geology shaped by centuries of extraction and subsequent reclamation. Swannington maintains a quiet composure, its historical narrative forged in the deep seams of the ground rather than the grandiosity of monumental architecture. The air here holds a clarity that softens the transition between the working history of the shafts and the present stillness of the woods. One finds that the endurance of Swannington resides in this dialogue between the scarred earth and the slow, persistent return of the meadow.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Red Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.6 mi, 063° ENE
  • Hough Tower Mill (Attraction) — 0.6 mi, 330° NNW
  • Coalville Forest Advanture Park (Park) — 1.0 mi, 157° SSE
  • Century Theatre (Theatre) — 1.1 mi, 172° S
  • Snibston Colliery (Scheduled Monument) — 1.2 mi, 167° SSE
  • Broad Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.3 mi, 074° ENE
  • Coleorton Hall (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 1.3 mi, 300° WNW · 103 ha
  • Whitwick Castle (Scheduled Monument) — 1.3 mi, 094° E
  • Snibston (Park) — 1.4 mi, 176° S
  • Miners Memorial (Public Artwork) — 1.4 mi, 153° SSE
  • Coal Mining Remains At The Conery, 500M South Of Coleorton Hall (Scheduled Monument) — 1.5 mi, 283° WNW · 6 ha
  • Grace Dieu And High Sharpley Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.9 mi, 068° ENE · 86 ha
  • Grace Dieu Brook (River) — 1.9 mi, 046° NE
  • Coalville Meadows Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.1 mi, 111° ESE · 6 ha
  • Donington-le-Heath Manor House (Museum) — 2.3 mi, 172° S
  • Blackbrook Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.8 mi, 077° ENE
  • Blower's Brook (River) — 2.9 mi, 208° SSW
  • The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 3.0 mi, 219° SW
  • Warren Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.0 mi, 335° NNW
  • Colony Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.2 mi, 102° ESE
  • Ludlams Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 3.4 mi, 218° SW
  • Ashby de la Zouch Castle (Attraction) — 3.4 mi, 274° W
  • Ashby de la Zouch Museum (Museum) — 3.5 mi, 277° W
  • Staunton Harold Hall (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 3.8 mi, 325° NW · 84 ha
  • Dimminsdale (Valley) — 4.1 mi, 324° NW
  • Bluebell Arboretum (Attraction) — 4.7 mi, 290° WNW
  • Old Deer Shelter (Historic Ruins) — 4.8 mi, 322° NW
  • Calke Abbey (Museum) — 4.9 mi, 324° NW
  • Calke Explore (Attraction) — 5.3 mi, 319° NW
  • Melbourne Hall (Historic Park or Garden (Grade I)) — 5.5 mi, 344° NNW · 21 ha

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About This Swannington Map Page

Explore Swannington, 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: 52.742532, -1.386483. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.