Hinckley

52.545555555556 - 1.3766666666667Koordinaten: 52 ° 33 ' N, 1 ° 23' W

Hinckley is an English town in the southwestern Leicestershire with 43 ​​246 inhabitants ( 2001).

Along with the constituency Bosworth Hinckley is the administrative district ( borough ) Hinckley and Bosworth with 100,000 inhabitants. The place is known by the motorcycle manufacturer Triumph.

Hinckley is crossed by the Ashby Canal. According to London is 160 km, to Birmingham 50, Coventry 20 km away. South at the site passes the A road (main road) A 5 London - Bangor. About 4 km south-east runs the M 69 motorway and ends near Leicester in the M1 to London. A web connection is via Leicester to Birmingham and London. The nearest airports are East Midlands, Coventry and Birmingham.

William Shakespeare mentions Hinckley in his play Henry IV

The poet John Cleveland lived here from 1621 to 1627, the pianist and music teacher Leonard Heaton was born in 1889 here.

Hinckley maintains since 1972 a twinning with the German Herford. Another twinning is with Le Grand- Quevilly.