Hinckley
Hinckley is a market town in south-west Leicestershire, England, administered by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council. Hinckley is the third largest settlement in Leicestershire, after Leicester and Loughborough, and is about halfway between Leicester and Coventry, close to Nuneaton and Watling Street, on the border with Warwickshire. The town is part of an urban area with the large village of Burbage to the south.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Hinckley
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.civil_parish
- Hinckley (Unparished)/Burbage (Parished)
- UK place.population
- 50,712
- UK place.population_ref
- (Urban area included Burbage)
- UK place.shire_district
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- UK place.shire_county
- Leicestershire
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- UK place.post_town
- HINCKLEY
- UK place.postcode_district
- LE10
- UK place.postcode_area
- LE
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- Education
- Culture
- Notable people
- Folklore
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Hinckley is a market town in south-west Leicestershire, England, administered by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council. Hinckley is the third largest settlement in Leicestershire, after Leicester and Loughborough, and is about halfway between Leicester and Coventry, close to Nuneaton and Watling Street, on the border with Warwickshire. The town is part of an urban area with the large village of Burbage to the south.
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