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.
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.
Barwell is a civil parish and large village in Leicestershire, England, with a population of 8,750 residents, Increasing to 9,022 at the 2011 census, the name literally translates as "Stream of the Boar" and is said to originate from a boar that used to drink from the well near a brook in Barwell. It was originally known as Borewell, but later became "Barwell", the name in use today. The brook is now called the River Tweed, and is a tributary of the River Trent.
Burbage is a large village, civil parish and suburb of Hinckley in the Borough of Hinckley and Bosworth in Leicestershire, England.
Sutton Cheney is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Dadlington and Sutton Cheney, in the borough of Hinckley and Bosworth, in the county of Leicestershire, England, near the county border with Warwickshire. In addition to the village of Sutton Cheney itself, the civil parish also contains the villages of Dadlington and Shenton, a number of farms, and the location of the Battle of Bosworth. Its closest large towns are Nuneaton and Hinckley. Its closest market town is Market Bosworth.
Hinckley and Bosworth is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Luke Evans, a Conservative.
Markfield is a large village in both the National Forest and Charnwood Forest and in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England. The settlement dates back to at least the time of the Norman conquest and is mentioned in Domesday Book under the name Merchenefeld. A variant of this is still used as the name for the village primary school, Mercenfeld. It is to the south-east of Junction 22 of the M1, and to the south of the A50. The highest point in Markfield is shown on OS sheet 129 at 222 metres above sea level. Nearby places are Newtown Linford, Groby, Field Head, and Stanton under Bardon. In the 1841 census its population was recorded at 1,203. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 5681. In 2012 Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council published an overview of the Markfield conservation area.
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council elections are held every four years. Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Hinckley and Bosworth in Leicestershire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 34 councillors are elected from 16 wards.
Sheepy is a civil parish in the Borough of Hinckley and Bosworth in Leicestershire, England. It contains the villages of Sheepy Magna, Sheepy Parva, Sibson, Wellsborough, Upton, Pinwall and Cross Hands—collectively 449 homes. At the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,192, including Orton on the Hill but falling slightly to 1,174 at the 2011 census.
Burbage Wood and Aston Firs is a 51.1-hectare (126-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Leicestershire.
The 2023 Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council election was held on 4 May 2023, to elect members of Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council in Leicestershire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England. All sixteen wards were for election, each with between one and three councillors to be elected.
Castle is the name given to the ward and suburb of Hinckley in the Hinckley & Bosworth district in the county of Leicestershire, England. It is one of the six wards on Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council of the town.
Burbage St Catherines and Lash Hill is the name given to the ward and suburb of Hinckley in the Hinckley & Bosworth district in the county of Leicestershire, England. It is one of the six wards on Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council of the town. The ward is one of two of Burbage and covers the suburbs of Lash Hill and St Catherine's.
Burbage Sketchley and Stretton is the name given to the ward and suburb of Hinckley in the Hinckley & Bosworth district in the county of Leicestershire, England. It is one of the six wards on Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council of the town. The ward is one of two of Burbage and covers the settlement of Leicester Grange and the suburbs of Sketchley, Stretton and Tilton.
Stretton is one of the five wards of the village of Burbage parish council in the Hinckley & Bosworth borough of Leicestershire, England.
Burbage Parish Council is the parish council of the village of Burbage, near Hinckley in the Hinckley & Bosworth borough of the ceremonial county of Leicestershire, England.
Sketchley is a former village and one of the five wards of the village of Burbage in the Hinckley & Bosworth borough of the ceremonial county of Leicestershire, England. It takes its name from the former village that also included a hall and church. It is now a suburb of the larger Burbage/Hinckley urban area.
St Catherine's is one of the five wards of the village of Burbage and covers the older centre of the village. It takes its name from the nearby parish church of St Catherine's.
Tilton is one of the five wards of the village of Burbage in the Hinckley & Bosworth borough of Leicestershire, England, It was one of the many areas that now form part of the modern village and the surrounding urban area between Hinckley and Burbage. It is represented along with Sketchley and Stretton on the Burbage Sketchley and Stretton ward of Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council.
