Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Harborough · Region: East Midlands
Explore Three Gates, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Three Gates 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.
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| Place | Three Gates |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | Harborough |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.578575 |
| Longitude | -0.941754 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Three Gates reveals itself through the quiet, stubborn persistence of its hedgerows and the low-slung horizon of the Leicestershire clay. It lies 6.9 miles north of Market Harborough (from Market Harborough: bearing 353°T, OS grid SP 718 983), and is situated south-east of Illston on the Hill village. The land here holds the damp weight of a thousand winters, a heavy soil that demands much of the plough and rewards the patient with a deep, verdant growth. To the north-north-west, the rise of Tamborough Hill breaks the monotony of the fields, offering a lonely vantage point over the patchwork of pasture and furrow. Stonton Brook meanders to the east-south-east, its waters carving a subtle, silver thread through the dark loam of the valley floor. Three Gates maintains a modest posture, shunning the ostentation of larger parishes in favour of a slow, rhythmic connection to the turning seasons. The light across these paddocks possesses a singular clarity, sharpening the edges of drystone walls until they seem etched against the pale, vaulted sky. Here, the hum of modern life fades, replaced by the persistent, unforced gravity of a landscape that has long provided for those who work its stubborn earth.
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Explore Three Gates, 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: 52.578575, -0.941754. 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. |