Foston Leicestershire Map
Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Blaby · Region: East Midlands
Explore Foston, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Foston 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.
Interactive Map of Foston, Leicestershire
How to Use This Foston, Leicestershire Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Foston, 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.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of Leicestershire or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Foston and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Foston |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | Blaby |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.551462 |
| Longitude | -1.109035 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
About Foston
Foston, a quiet hamlet in Leicestershire, holds a stillness that seems to absorb the very light. It lies 9.3 km south of Leicester (from Leicester: bearing 170°T, OS grid SP 605 952), and is situated west of Kilby village. The landscape around Foston unfolds with a gentle, almost sighing, undulation, fields of arable land meeting the soft contours of the earth under a sky that often wears a muted, pearlescent glow. A sense of patient endurance can be felt here, as if the very soil has witnessed centuries of quiet agricultural toil, the seasons turning with an unhurried grace. Evidence of its past lies not in grand structures, but in the subtle lines of ancient hedgerows and the way the wind whispers through the tall grasses, carrying with it the faint scent of turned earth.
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About This Foston Map Page
Explore Foston, 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: 52.551462, -1.109035. 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. |
