Higham on the Hill

Higham on the Hill
240px Parish church of Saint Peter
Higham on the Hill  Higham on the Hill shown within Leicestershire
Population	866 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference	SP383954
District	Hinckley and Bosworth
Shire county	Leicestershire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NUNEATON
Postcode district	CV13
Dialling code	01455
Police	Leicestershire
Fire	Leicestershire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Bosworth
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Higham on the Hill is a village and civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England.

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 church is dedicated to St Peter.

The village has a pub The Oddfellows.

Higham Green College lies to the south-east.

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
• Former Lindley Hall