Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: North West Leicestershire · Region: East Midlands
Explore Coalville, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Coalville 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 Coalville, 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 | Coalville |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | North West Leicestershire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.720800 |
| Longitude | -1.360212 |
| Place Type | Town |
Coalville holds the heavy, dark legacy of the Leicestershire coalfield within its uneven, iron-rich earth. It lies 2.8 miles north-east of Ibstock (from Ibstock: bearing 34°T, OS grid SK 433 138), and is situated north-east of Hugglescote village. The landscape bears the deep scars of Victorian industry, where the extraction of deep-seam fuel once dictated the pulse of every street. Today, the economy has shifted from the soot-stained pits to modern logistics and light manufacture, leaving behind the silent, rusted geometry of the Snibston Colliery. Sunlight catches the grit of the remaining spoil heaps, illuminating a terrain that transformed the nation’s hearths for generations. Coalville Park offers a green, quiet reprieve where the sharp edges of the past soften under the canopy of mature trees. The nearby Miners Memorial stands as a stark, metallic sentinel, reflecting the endurance of those who laboured in the dark beneath the feet of the living. Cultural life here is punctuated by the performances at the Century Theatre, which brings a fragile, human warmth to the industrial periphery. The local character is forged by a resilience that remains long after the last pit head closed, a quiet grit that persists in the faces of the people. This is a place where the horizon is defined not by ancient spires, but by the memory of the deep, subterranean work that built the modern world.
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Explore Coalville, 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: 52.720800, -1.360212. 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. |