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Higham on the Hill

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Geography
Geographical centre of England
Amenities
Notable residents
External links
References

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| population = 840
| population_ref = (2011 Census)
|shire_district = Hinckley and Bosworth
|shire_county = Leicestershire
|region = East Midlands
|post_town = NUNEATON
|postcode_district = CV13
|postcode_area = CV
|dial_code = 01455
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|constituency_westminster = Bosworth
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|static_image_width= 240px
|static_image_caption= Parish church of Saint Peter
}}Higham on the Hill is a village and civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England.^[1] The population at the 2011 census was 840.^[2]

Geography

The village is about three miles away from both Hinckley and Nuneaton. The parish (and the boundary between the East and West Midlands) is bounded by Warwickshire and the A5 to the south-west.

The parish includes the deserted village of Lindley that was mentioned in the Domesday Book and gave its name to RAF Lindley the site of which was acquired by the automotive research institute MIRA Ltd for its proving ground opened on 22 May 1954.

The Ashby Canal passes through the east of the parish, and the parish boundary runs along it near Stoke Golding.

The Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway used to pass through the parish, with a railway station for the village, the route is now the Weddington Country Walk.

Geographical centre of England

The geographical centre of England as defined by the Ordnance Survey lies within the parish at latitude 52°33'N, longitude 01°27'W, just north of Watling Street.

Amenities

The parish [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/388102 church] is dedicated to St Peter.

The village has a no pubs

The village has a local corner shop

The village also has a local primary school

Notable residents

Robert Burton, author of The Anatomy of Melancholy, was born in Lindley
Geoffrey Fisher, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury from 1944 to 1961, was born in the village in 1887 and lived in the rectory

External links

Primary school
Leicestershire villages
[https://web.archive.org/web/20090709171930/http://www.webspinners.org.uk/weddingtoncastle2/new_page_49.htm Former Lindley Hall]

References

1. ^OS Explorer Map 232 : Nuneaton & Tamworth: (1:25 000) :{{ISBN|0 319 46404 0}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124577&c=Higham+on+the+Hill&d=16&e=62&g=6444765&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1465897496729&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=14 June 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistice}}

3 : Villages in Leicestershire|Civil parishes in Leicestershire|Hinckley and Bosworth

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