Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: North West Leicestershire · Region: East Midlands
Explore Wilson, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Wilson 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 | Wilson |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | North West Leicestershire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.818785 |
| Longitude | -1.399418 |
| Place Type | Village |
Wilson, a quiet hamlet in North West Leicestershire, breathes a gentle spirit of the East Midlands. It lies 9.0 km north-west of Shepshed (from Shepshed: bearing 306°T, OS grid SK 405 247), and is situated north of Breedon on the Hill village. The surrounding fields, a patchwork of greens and golds under the broad English sky, suggest a landscape shaped by centuries of careful husbandry, where the very air seems to carry the scent of damp earth and ripening grain. A single parish church, its spire a modest sentinel against the horizon, anchors Wilson, its stone weathered by seasons of sun and rain, a silent witness to the ebb and flow of village life. The lanes that wind through Wilson are often quiet, bordered by hedgerows that spill over with wild roses in summer, and the houses, built of local stone, seem to settle comfortably into the land as if they have always belonged there.
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Explore Wilson, 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: 52.818785, -1.399418. 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. |