Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Hinckley and Bosworth · Region: East Midlands
Explore Wykin, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Wykin 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 Wykin, 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 | Wykin |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | Hinckley and Bosworth |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.554694 |
| Longitude | -1.401421 |
| Place Type | Other Settlement |
Wykin retains a quiet dignity that seems to hold the very light of the Leicestershire sky in its open, unhurried fields. It lies 1.5 miles north-west of Hinckley (from Hinckley: bearing 309°T, OS grid SP 406 953), and is situated south-south-east of Stoke Golding village. The landscape here unfolds in long, deliberate reaches, where the shadow of the Hlaew and medieval farmstead nearby reminds the observer of how deeply the earth remembers those who worked it before. A mile to the south, the Battling Brook traces a silver thread through the pasture, its slow, persistent movement marking the rhythm of the local geography. Wykin persists as a place of agricultural character, where the architecture of farm buildings speaks in the plain, honest language of brick and slate. In the early morning, the mist clings to the low-lying meadows, catching the pale gold of the sun before it rises high enough to illuminate the distant rise of Crown Hill. The proximity to the wider Hinckley district allows the inhabitants to balance the solitude of the rural horizon with the sudden, sharp vitality of nearby market activity. Life in Wykin moves in sympathy with the seasonal turn, undisturbed by the hurried clamour of the modern world.
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Explore Wykin, 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: 52.554694, -1.401421. 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. |