Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Charnwood · Region: East Midlands
Explore Woodthorpe, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Woodthorpe 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 | Woodthorpe |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | Charnwood |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.751387 |
| Longitude | -1.196792 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Woodthorpe breathes a quiet existence in the heart of Leicestershire's Charnwood district. It lies 2.4 km south-south-east of Loughborough (from Loughborough: bearing 165°T, OS grid SK 543 173), and is situated west-north-west of Quorndon village. The gentle slopes that define its landscape offer glimpses of the surrounding farmland, where hedgerows, like ancient veins, trace the contours of the earth, catching the pale, often diffused light of the East Midlands. The air here carries a faint, earthy scent, a reminder of the agricultural rhythms that have long shaped this corner of England. In Woodthorpe, a sense of continuity prevails, a quiet acknowledgment of the lives that have unfolded here, their echoes subtly present in the very texture of the lanes.
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Explore Woodthorpe, 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: 52.751387, -1.196792. 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. |