HINCKLEY, a market town of Leicestershire, England,141 m. S.W. from Leicester by rail, and near the Ashby-de-la-Zouch canal. Pop. of urban district (1931) 16,030. The church of St. Mary is a Decorated and Perpendicular structure. The ditch of a castle erected by Hugh de Grentismenil in the time of William Rufus is still to be traced. Hinckley is the centre of a stocking weaving district, and its speciality is circular hose. It also pos sesses a boot-making industry. There are mineral springs in the neighbourhood.