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.
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| 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 remains a quiet collection of stone and slate held firmly in the low, rolling folds of the North West Leicestershire landscape. It lies 5.6 miles 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 light here seems to catch the limestone, casting a pale, dusty glow that lingers long after the sun has dipped behind the jagged silhouette of Breedon Hill Sssi. Wilson occupies a space of muted transition, where the heavy, ancient earth of the Midlands yields to the reflective stillness of water. To the west, the expansive grounds of Melbourne Hall offer a formal elegance that contrasts sharply with the utilitarian, honest grit of the surrounding fields. The horizon is marked by the distant, humped presence of Ambro Hill, a landmark that anchors the village to the wider, breathing geography of the region. Residents of Wilson walk paths that have been worn smooth by centuries of agricultural labour, moving between the high ground and the damp, shadowed hollows. It is a place where the passage of time is measured not by clocks, but by the slow, seasonal deepening of shadows across the lanes.
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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 | 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. |