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Ratcliffe on the Wreake Leicestershire Map

Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Charnwood · Region: East Midlands

Explore Ratcliffe on the Wreake, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Ratcliffe on the Wreake 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.

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PlaceRatcliffe on the Wreake
Traditional CountyLeicestershire
District / BoroughCharnwood
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude52.725084
Longitude-1.067936
Place TypeVillage

About Ratcliffe on the Wreake

Ratcliffe on the Wreake, a Leicestershire hamlet, offers a quiet presence in the Charnwood district's embrace. It lies 2.9 km north of Syston (from Syston: bearing 7°T, OS grid SK 630 145), and is situated north-west of East Goscote village. The River Wreake, a gentle artery, flows nearby, its waters reflecting the soft light of the East Midlands sky, a light that seems to imbue the very air with a certain calm. Though no grand abbey or castle dominates its skyline, Ratcliffe on the Wreake possesses a simpler, more enduring beauty, found in the weathered stone of its older dwellings and the quiet dignity of its surrounding fields. The land here, a patchwork of cultivation and hedgerow, whispers of generations who have worked this soil, their lives a subtle counterpoint to the slow turning of the seasons. Even the names of the hamlets nearby – Syston, East Goscote – hint at a shared agricultural past, a communal memory held within the landscape.

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About This Ratcliffe on the Wreake Map Page

Explore Ratcliffe on the Wreake, 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: 52.725084, -1.067936. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.