Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Charnwood · Region: East Midlands
Explore Swithland, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Swithland 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 Swithland, 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 | Swithland |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | Charnwood |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.713172 |
| Longitude | -1.188878 |
| Place Type | Village |
Swithland rests upon a rugged foundation of ancient slate, a material that has long defined the local architecture with its deep, cool grey hues. It lies 4.1 miles south of Loughborough (from Loughborough: bearing 170°T, OS grid SK 548 131), and is situated south-south-east of Woodhouse village. The light here catches the hard, dark surfaces of the stone cottages, imbuing the streets with a somber, enduring elegance that resists the softening effects of the seasons. To the west, the sprawling canopy of Swithland Wood and The Brand SSSI offers a dense, protective mantle of oak and birch that has stood for centuries. Beyond the immediate tree line, the expansive waters of Swithland Reservoir mirror the shifting Leicestershire sky, creating a vast, liquid horizon that breaks the wooded terrain. The church of St Leonard stands as a quiet sentinel, its spire rising above a graveyard where the headstones, crafted from that same local, slate-blue rock, bear the weathered marks of time. This landscape demands a certain stoicism, shaped as it is by the extraction of stone and the persistent, quiet growth of the surrounding forest. Swithland maintains a character of reserved beauty, where the geology of the earth dictates the very look and feel of the dwellings that cling to its folds.
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Explore Swithland, 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: 52.713172, -1.188878. 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. |