Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Melton · Region: East Midlands
Explore Welby, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Welby 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 | Welby |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | Melton |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.780088 |
| Longitude | -0.913967 |
| Place Type | Other Settlement |
Welby, a quiet presence in Leicestershire's Melton district, unfolds with a subtle grace against the East Midlands landscape. It lies 2.3 km north-west of Melton Mowbray (from Melton Mowbray: bearing 311°T, OS grid SK 733 208), and is situated north-north-east of Asfordby Hill village. The fields surrounding Welby, a patchwork of verdant greens and golds under the vast English sky, speak of generations dedicated to the earth, their labours etched not in grand monuments but in the enduring fertility of the soil. A gentle rise in the terrain offers long views across the rolling countryside, where ancient hedgerows, like green veins, trace the boundaries of history and agriculture. The air here often carries the faint, sweet scent of ripening crops, a testament to the land's continued bounty. The quiet lanes, often dappled with the shifting light filtering through the leaves of mature trees, invite a contemplative pace, mirroring the unhurried spirit of Welby itself.
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Explore Welby, 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: 52.780088, -0.913967. 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. |