Hinckley and Bosworth

Borough of Hinckley and Bosworth
Borough of Hinckley and Bosworth
Borough and non-metropolitan district
	Hinckley, the administrative centre and largest town in the borough
	Shown within Leicestershire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	East Midlands
Administrative county	Leicestershire
Admin. HQ	Hinckley
Government
• Type	Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council
• MPs:	Luke Evans & Edward Argar (Groby only)
Area
• Total	115 sq mi (297 km2)
• Rank	119th
Population (2022)
• Total	114,298
• Rank	Ranked 212th
• Density	1,000/sq mi (380/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 94.3% White ; 2.8% Asian ; 1.8% Mixed ; 0.6% Black ; 0.5% other ;
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 52.6% Christianity ; 44% no religion ; 2.7% other ; 0.7% Islam ;
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
ONS code	31UE (ONS); E07000132 (GSS)

Hinckley and Bosworth is a local government district with borough status in Leicestershire, England. The council is based in Hinckley, the largest town. The borough also includes the town of Earl Shilton and numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. The Bosworth in the borough's name refers to the small market town of Market Bosworth, near which the Battle of Bosworth Field was fought in 1485.