Hamilton Lea

Hamilton Lea
Hamilton Lea
	Hamilton Lea Location within Leicestershire
Population	839
Civil parish	Hamilton Lea;
District	Charnwood;
Shire county	Leicestershire;
Region	East Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Leicester
Postcode district	LE7 3
Police	Leicestershire
Fire	Leicestershire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Charnwood;
	List of places UK England Leicestershire 52°40′34″N 1°03′43″W / 52.676°N 1.062°W

Hamilton Lea is a village and civil parish on the edge of Leicester, Leicestershire, England.^[1]^[2] It is a part of the more recent Hamilton development, which spilled over the boundary with the city of Leicester into the Borough of Charnwood around Catteric Way and the northern stretches of Laverton Road and Hackness Road.^[3]

Hamilton Lea is the smallest inhabited civil parish in the United Kingdom by area, and the second smallest overall, after Chester Castle.^[4]

Governance

As of 2021, the parish has not elected a parish council and is instead governed by a parish meeting that all registered electors in the parish can attend.^[5]

References

^ "Hamilton Lea (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
^ "Local government and public involvement in Health Act 2007" (PDF). 31 July 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
^ "Hamilton Lea - MapIt". Mapit.mysociety.org. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
^ "Standard Area Measurements (2020) for Parishes and Non-Civil Parished Areas in England and Wales". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
^ "First Hamilton Lea parish meeting - Council news - Communication and news - Charnwood Borough Council". Charnwood.gov.uk. 28 January 2020. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

External links

Hamilton Lea Parish Meeting

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[1] "Hamilton Lea (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

[2] "Local government and public involvement in Health Act 2007" (PDF). 31 July 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

[3] "Hamilton Lea - MapIt". Mapit.mysociety.org. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

[4] "Standard Area Measurements (2020) for Parishes and Non-Civil Parished Areas in England and Wales". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 18 August 2023.

[5] "First Hamilton Lea parish meeting - Council news - Communication and news - Charnwood Borough Council". Charnwood.gov.uk. 28 January 2020. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

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v t e Towns and villages of the Borough of Charnwood
Towns	Loughborough Shepshed Syston
Large villages	Anstey Barrow upon Soar Birstall East Goscote Mountsorrel Quorn Rothley Sileby Thurmaston
Small villages	Barkby Beeby Burton on the Wolds Cossington Cropston Hamilton Lea Hathern Hoton Newtown Linford Queniborough Ratcliffe on the Wreake Rearsby Seagrave South Croxton Swithland Thrussington Thurcaston Ulverscroft Walton on the Wolds Wanlip Woodhouse Woodhouse Eaves Wymeswold
Hamlets	Barkby Thorpe Cotes Prestwold