Sketchley Leicestershire Map
Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Hinckley and Bosworth · Region: East Midlands
Explore Sketchley, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Sketchley 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 Sketchley, Leicestershire
How to Use This Sketchley, Leicestershire Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Sketchley, 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 Sketchley and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Sketchley |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | Hinckley and Bosworth |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.529717 |
| Longitude | -1.371453 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
About Sketchley
Sketchley, a quiet corner of Leicestershire, holds a subtle charm for those who wander its lanes. It lies 1.3 km south of Hinckley (from Hinckley: bearing 173°T, OS grid SP 427 926). The land here rolls with a gentle persistence, a landscape that has long been shaped by the quiet industry of agriculture, where the fields, under the vast, ever-changing sky, seem to breathe in unison with the passing seasons. Though not a place of grand pronouncements, Sketchley carries a sense of continuity, a quiet testament to the lives lived and the work undertaken on its soil. The air sometimes carries a faint, earthy scent, a reminder of the rich loam that underpins the suburban sprawl. Even the modern dwellings seem to settle into the terrain with a natural grace, as if they too have grown from the very ground they occupy.
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About This Sketchley Map Page
Explore Sketchley, 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: 52.529717, -1.371453. 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. |
