Leicester Alberta Map

About Leicester, Alberta

Leicester is a locality in 3-78-16-W5, Alberta, Canada. It is classified as a town. Leicester is located at 55.7233°N, 116.4064°W.

Leicester rests upon the quiet, deliberate banks of the South Heart River, where the northern light stretches thin and pale across the horizon. It lies 32.8 km north of High Prairie, AB (from High Prairie, AB: bearing 10°T), and is situated 13.2 km north of Prairie Echo. The earth here holds a stubborn, singular stillness, defined by the low-lying terrain that drinks deeply from the seasonal thaw and the slow, persistent pulse of the waterway. During the brief, intense height of summer, the air carries the sharp, clean scent of damp silt and grasses, a fragrance that clings to the skin long after the sun dips below the tree line. Even when the shadows lengthen, the landscape retains a clarity of form, as if Leicester were listening to the water’s steady departure toward the north. The history of Leicester is marked by the pragmatic persistence of those who worked the surrounding timber and cleared the heavy brush to make way for modest, enduring homesteads. Industry here has always favored the quiet extraction of value from the land, leaving the rhythm of daily life to be dictated by the seasonal requirements of the soil and the shifting water levels of the South Heart River. While Winagami Lake Provincial Park sits nineteen kilometers away as a reminder of the broader, preserved wild, Leicester persists as a site of practical occupation, where the smoke from a chimney or the hum of an engine carries distinctly across the open fields. Life in Leicester maintains a focus on the immediate, grounded in the tasks that keep a household turning through the long, bright stretches of the year.

About This Leicester Map Page

Explore Leicester, Alberta, Canada, with an embedded street and satellite map — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 55.723333, -116.406389. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts — including hourly outlooks — are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Detailed location data for Leicester includes the postal code (T8S), telephone area code (403, 587, 780, 825, 368). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.

Location data for Leicester is sourced from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada, and verified by coordinates rather than name matching alone. GPS coordinates, province, administrative location and place type are shown in the information panel above.