Hinckley

Hinckley
Hinckley town centre
Hinckley Location within Leicestershire
Population	34,202 (2021 Census[1])
OS grid reference	SP425939
District	Hinckley and Bosworth
Shire county	Leicestershire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
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 the non-metropolitan county of Leicestershire, after Leicester and Loughborough. Hinckley is about halfway between Leicester and Coventry and borders Nuneaton in Warwickshire. Watling Street forms part of the Hinckley/Nuneaton border.

Hinckley proper was recorded as having a population of 34,202, in the 2021 census.^[1] Hinckley is contiguous with the village of Burbage. The population of the combined urban area of Hinckley and Burbage was 50,712 in 2021.^[2]