Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Hinckley and Bosworth · Region: East Midlands
Explore Thornton, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Thornton 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 Thornton, 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 | Thornton |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | Hinckley and Bosworth |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.666580 |
| Longitude | -1.314736 |
| Place Type | Village |
Thornton holds a quiet dignity within the Leicestershire landscape, where the land rises and falls in long, rhythmic swells of pasture and heavy clay. It lies 3.8 miles east-south-east of Ibstock (from Ibstock: bearing 113°T, OS grid SK 464 078), and is situated east of Bagworth village. The parish church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul acts as a sturdy anchor for the eye, its stone tower catching the pale, thin light that often drifts across the Midlands. To the east, the waters of Thornton Reservoir mirror the shifting grey of the sky, providing a broad, still expanse that breaks the monotony of the hedgerows. A short distance to the south-west, the tangled thickets of Bagworth Heath Woods offer a tangle of birch and bracken that feels older than the tarmac roads connecting the neighbouring lanes. Thornton retains a certain reserve, its houses built of local brick that seems to darken and deepen in colour when the rain sweeps in from the west. The air here carries the faint, sharp scent of damp earth and the distant, grinding industry of nearby stone extraction. Life in Thornton moves by the slow turning of the seasons, marked by the changing temper of the fields rather than the clamour of passing crowds.
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Explore Thornton, 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: 52.666580, -1.314736. 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. |