Lockington-Hemington is a civil parish in the North West Leicestershire district of

Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ; postal abbreviation Leics.) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands, England. The county borders Nottinghamshire to the north, Lincolnshire to the north-east, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire t ...

, England. The parish includes the villages of Hemington and Lockington. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 556, rising to 838 at the 2011 census. Although there isn't a rail station in the village,

East Midlands Parkway East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fac ...

opened early in 2008 at Ratcliffe-on-Soar providing links on the Midland Main Line. The western half of the East Midlands Gateway freight terminal, and a part of East Midlands Airport, lie in the southern part of the civil parish.

References

External links

Lockington-Hemington Parish Council web site
Civil parishes in Leicestershire North West Leicestershire District {{Leicestershire-geo-stub