Hinckley

Hinckley
Hinckley
Town
	Top to bottom, left to right: Town Centre, Water Tower, The Hinckley Hub Council Offices, Ashby Canal at the Marina & St Mary's Church
	Hinckley Location within Leicestershire
Population	50,712 (Urban area included Burbage)
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;

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.