Charnwood is a local government district with borough status in the north of Leicestershire, England. It is named after Charnwood Forest, much of which lies within the borough. Towns in the borough include Loughborough, Shepshed and Syston. Villages in the borough include Barrow upon Soar, Birstall, Hathern, Mountsorrel, Quorn, Rothley, Sileby and Woodhouse Eaves.
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.
Burbage is a large village, civil parish and suburb of Hinckley in the Borough of Hinckley and Bosworth in Leicestershire, England.
Kegworth is a large village and civil parish in the North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, in the East Midlands region, England. It forms part of the border with Nottinghamshire and is situated 6 miles north of Loughborough, 12 miles southwest of Nottingham, 12.5 miles southeast of Derby and 17 miles north of Leicester. The population of Kegworth as of the 2011 census was 3,601.
Harborough is a local government district in Leicestershire, England. It is named after its main town, Market Harborough, which is where the council is based. The district also includes the town of Lutterworth and numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. In the north of the district it includes parts of the Leicester Urban Area, notably at Thurnby, Bushby and Scraptoft. Covering 230 square miles (600 km2), the district is the largest by area of the eight districts in Leicestershire and covers almost a quarter of the county.
Hinckley and Bosworth is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Luke Evans, a Conservative.
Normanton on Soar, formerly known as Normanton-upon-Soar and known locally as Normanton, is a village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe district of Nottinghamshire, England near the River Soar. This historic village is home to one of the last operating chain ferries in the country, the only lived in cruck building in Nottinghamshire and a 13th-century Grade I listed parish Church.
Kingston on Soar is a village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, England.
Rutland, sometimes archaically called Rutlandshire, is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It borders Leicestershire to the north and west, Lincolnshire to the north-east, and Northamptonshire to the south-west. Oakham is the largest town and county town.
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.
Lash Hill is a suburb of Hinckley in the Hinckley & Bosworth borough of Leicestershire, England. It is situated to the southeast of the town centre and is an area of Burbage to the west. It is one of the five wards of Burbage Parish Council and is separated from Hinckley by the Birmingham-Peterborough Line. The area is recorded as being home to likely a coal pit and a few houses for the workers there at the time. It is now a residential area of Burbage and Hinckley. It forms part of the Burbage St Catherines and Lash Hill ward of Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council.
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.
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.
