Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Blaby · Region: East Midlands
Explore Blaby, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Blaby 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 Blaby, 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 | Blaby |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | Blaby |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.575762 |
| Longitude | -1.163349 |
| Place Type | Village |
Blaby occupies a low-lying reach of the Leicestershire landscape where the heavy clay earth has long shaped the patterns of life. It lies 4.2 miles south-south-west of Leicester (from Leicester: bearing 197°T, OS grid SP 567 978), and is situated east-north-east of Whetstone village. The local topography retains a quiet, muted character, defined by the steady flow of the River Sence as it winds through the surrounding fields. Residents often gather at The Green, where the crisp morning air carries a stillness that seems to slow the passage of the afternoon. A short distance away, the wooded remnants of Bouskell Park provide a cool, verdant retreat from the rhythmic hum of modern traffic. The architecture of Blaby reflects a functional heritage, with older brickwork standing in modest contrast to the encroaching suburban expansion. Sunlight here catches the damp surfaces of the meadows, illuminating a landscape that remains stubbornly tied to its agricultural roots despite the persistent growth of the surrounding district. Blaby persists as a place of quiet transitions, where the weight of the past is felt most clearly in the subtle, grey light of a winter dusk.
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Explore Blaby, 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: 52.575762, -1.163349. 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 | September 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. |