Hinckley

town in Leicestershire, England, UK
Place town Q1020362
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Hinckley

Summary

Hinckley is a town[1]. Hinckley ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,117 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hinckley is located in Hinckley and Bosworth[3].
  • Hinckley is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Hinckley's instance of is recorded as town[5].
  • Hinckley's instance of is recorded as unparished area[6].
  • Hinckley's twinned administrative body is recorded as Le Grand-Quevilly[7].
  • Hinckley's twinned administrative body is recorded as Herford[8].
  • Hinckley's postal code is recorded as LE10[9].
  • Hinckley's Commons category is recorded as Hinckley, Leicestershire[10].
  • Hinckley's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[11].
  • Hinckley's local dialing code is recorded as 01455[12].
  • Hinckley's OS grid reference is recorded as SP425939[13].
  • Hinckley's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 52.5413, 'lon': -1.3725}[14].
  • Hinckley's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hinckley[15].
  • Hinckley has a population of {'amount': '+45249'}[16].
  • Hinckley has a population of {'amount': '+50712'}[17].
  • Hinckley's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[18].
  • Hinckley's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[19].
  • Hinckley's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20].
  • Hinckley's capital of is recorded as Hinckley and Bosworth[21].
  • Hinckley's category of associated people is recorded as Category:People from Hinckley[22].
  • Hinckley's different from is recorded as Hinckley[23].
  • Hinckley covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+14.7'}[24].
  • Hinckley's historic county is recorded as Leicestershire[25].

Body

Geography

Hinckley is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Hinckley is located in Hinckley and Bosworth[3].

Physical Characteristics

Hinckley covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+14.7'}[24]. Population counts include {'amount': '+45249'}[16] and {'amount': '+50712'}[17].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town[5] and unparished area[6].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Hinckley include Hinckley railway station[26], a railway station[27], in United Kingdom[28].

Why It Matters

Hinckley ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,117 views/month).[2] Hinckley has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Hinckley is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Entities named for Hinckley include Hinckley railway station[26], a railway station[27], in United Kingdom[28].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . grandquevilly.fr. grandquevilly.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . citypopulation.de. citypopulation.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . citypopulation.de. citypopulation.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [26] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category of associated people Category:People from Hinckley
    Located in the administrative territorial entity Hinckley and Bosworth
    Coordinate location {'lat': 52.5413, 'lon': -1.3725}
    Described by source The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48912|batch #48912]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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