Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Blaby · Region: East Midlands
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| Place | Thurlaston |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | Blaby |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.586871 |
| Longitude | -1.261647 |
| Place Type | Village |
Thurlaston rests in the gentle embrace of Leicestershire's countryside, a place where the quietude of rural life seems to hold a particular, almost tangible, quality. It lies 3.9 km east-north-east of Earl Shilton (from Earl Shilton: bearing 71°T, OS grid SP 501 990), and is situated north-west of Huncote village. The fields surrounding Thurlaston, often a patchwork of deep greens and ripe golds depending on the season, possess a subtle luminescence under the East Midlands sky, as if catching the last vestiges of a painter's palette. Its modest scale suggests a continuity of habitation, a place where the passage of generations has left an impression not of grand pronouncements, but of quiet, enduring presence. The air, carrying the scent of cultivated earth and distant hedgerows, speaks of a landscape shaped by patient hands and the slow turning of the year.
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Explore Thurlaston, 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: 52.586871, -1.261647. 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. |