Hinckley
Sign in to saveHinckley 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
- UK place.dial_code
- 01455
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SP425939
- UK place.type
- Town
- UK place.parts_type
- Areas of the town
- UK place.p1
- Burbage (Village)
- UK place.p2
- Burbage St Catherines and Lash Hill (Ward)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Population
- 50712
- Area
- 14.7
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Capital of
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Image
- Hinckley Town Centre.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01455
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- twinned administrative body
- Herford
- Commons category
- Hinckley, Leicestershire
- topic's main category
- Category:Hinckley
- OS grid reference
- SP425939
- postal code
- LE10
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- different from
- Hinckley
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
23 sectionsContents
- History
- 17th century
- 19th century
- Recent
- Geography
- Governance
- Landmarks
- Industry
- Transport
- Roads
- Bus
- Railway
- Airports
- Media
- Sport
- Education
- Culture
- Notable people
- Folklore
- Twinning
- Notes
- References
- External links
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.
== History ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hinckley” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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