Leicestershire
Hinckley & Bosworth District
Higham on the Hill

Higham on the Hill

Higham on the Hill is a village and civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of , England. The population at the 2011 census was 840. The village's name means 'homestead/village which is high'.
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  • Type: Village with 840 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Hinckley and Bosworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Higham on the Hill, Leicestershire” and “Higham-on-the-Hill”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nuneaton railway station and North Warwickshire and Hinckley College.

Railway station
Photo: Vermatt, CC BY 3.0.
serves the market town of , in , England; it is managed by West Midlands Trains. The station is served by three railway lines: the Trent Valley section of the West Coast Main Line, the Birmingham-Leicester-Peterborough line and the Coventry to Nuneaton branch line. is situated 2½ miles southwest of Higham on the Hill.

College
North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College - North Warwickshire and Hinckley Campus, previously , is a Further Education College with main campuses in , , Harrowbrook and . is situated 2 miles south of Higham on the Hill.

Church
Photo: Zakerias, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 2 miles northeast of Higham on the Hill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wykin and Weddington.

Hamlet
Photo: Whatlep, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet in the English county of . is located to the north-west of the town of and is separated from it by the A47 Northern Perimeter Road.

Suburb
Photo: Beryl Allcoat, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an area of and former civil parish, in the Nuneaton and Bedworth district, in the county of , England. It bounded on the northeast by Watling Street, and on the west by the . is situated 1½ miles southwest of Higham on the Hill.

Village
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is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of and Sutton Cheney, in the Hinckley and Bosworth district, in , England. is situated 2 miles northeast of Higham on the Hill.

Higham on the Hill

Latitude
52.55582° or 52° 33′ 21″ north
Longitude
-1.43842° or 1° 26′ 18″ west
Population
840
Elevation
394 feet (120 metres)
Open location code
9C4WHH46+8J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27437322
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2646984
Wiki­data ID
Q784569
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Higham on the Hill” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Higham on the Hill”
  • Dutch: “Higham on the Hill”
  • French: “Higham on the Hill”
  • Irish: “Higham on the Hill”
  • Italian: “Higham on the Hill”
  • Japanese: “ハイアム・オン・ザ・ヒル”
  • Ladin: “Higham on the Hill”
  • Persian: “هایهم آن د هیل”
  • Polish: “Higham on the Hill”
  • Spanish: “Higham on the Hill”
  • Swedish: “Higham on the Hill”
  • Turkish: “Higham on the Hill”
  • Welsh: “Higham on the Hill”
  • “Higham on the Hill”

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