Hinckley

Hinckley
Town
Top to bottom, left to right: The Hinckley Hub Council Offices, Water Tower, Town Centre, Ashby Canal at the Marina & St Mary's Church
Hinckley Location within Leicestershire
Population	50,712 (Urban area included Burbage)[1]
OS grid reference	SP425939
Civil parish	Hinckley (Unparished)/Burbage (Parished)
District	Hinckley and Bosworth
Shire county	Leicestershire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Areas of the town	List Burbage (Village) Burbage St Catherines and Lash Hill (Ward) Burbage Sketchley and Stretton (Ward) Castle (Ward) Clarendon (Ward) De Montfort (Ward) Lash Hill Leicester Grange Sketchley St Catherine's Stretton Tilton Trinity (Ward)
Post town	HINCKLEY
Postcode district	LE10
Dialling code	01455
Police	Leicestershire
Fire	Leicestershire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Hinckley and Bosworth
List of places UK England Leicestershire 52°32′29″N 1°22′21″W / 52.5413°N 1.3725°W / 52.5413; -1.3725

Hinckley is a market town in south-west Leicestershire, England. It is administered by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council. Hinckley is the third largest settlement in Leicestershire, after Leicester and Loughborough. Hinckley is about halfway between Leicester and Coventry and borders Nuneaton in Warwickshire. Watling Street forms part of the Leicestershire/Warwickshire border. The town forms an urban area with the village of Burbage, directly to the south.