Traditional county: Leicestershire · Unitary authority: City of Leicester · Region: East Midlands
Explore West Knighton, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the West Knighton 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 West Knighton, 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 | West Knighton |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| Unitary Authority | City of Leicester |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.602643 |
| Longitude | -1.118791 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
West Knighton retains a quiet, suburban composure, defined by the steady, unassuming architecture that marks the southern fringes of the city. It lies 2.2 miles south-south-east of Leicester (from Leicester: bearing 164°T, OS grid SK 597 009). The landscape here is softened by the presence of Saffron Brook, which traces a modest, winding path through the local topography, catching the pale morning light as it moves toward the River Soar. Residents often walk the nearby paths of Church Lane Gardens, where the manicured greenery offers a deliberate contrast to the busier thoroughfares further north. The housing stock in West Knighton tells a story of mid-twentieth-century expansion, with brick-built homes standing in orderly rows that face the shifting, grey-blue skies of the East Midlands. A sense of permanence resides in the older stone foundations that predate the modern sprawl, grounding the suburban streets in a history that stretches back beyond the current century. Throughout the autumn months, the trees shed their gold and russet leaves onto the pavements, signalling the slow turn of the year in a place that prefers the rhythm of daily life to the clamour of the nearby city centre. West Knighton remains a place of singular, understated character, where the hum of the distant world is filtered through the quiet movement of water and the long, slanted shadows of the afternoon.
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Explore West Knighton, 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: 52.602643, -1.118791. 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. |