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Photo of Battlefield of Bosworth Country Park, a country park near Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, central England.

Battlefield of Bosworth Country Park© Graham Jones / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Hinckley StationHinckley

25 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of Battlefield of Bosworth Country Park, a country park near Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, central England.Highlight

Battlefield of Bosworth Country Park

Country park near Market Bosworth

Where Richard III fell and the Tudors rose.

6.4 km N

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo of the Ashby Canal, a 22-mile canal running from Marston Junction to Snarestone, central England.

Ashby Canal

Canal

A lock-free rural canal through the Leicestershire coalfield that never quite reached Ashby, passing Bosworth battlefield.

1.5 km W · Leicestershire & Warwickshire

Photo along the Leicestershire Round, a 100-mile long-distance path in central England.

Leicestershire Round

Long-distance path

A hundred miles around Leicester, devised for the Footpath Association's hundredth year — Charnwood, Burrough Hill and Bosworth on the circuit.

1.9 km E · Leicestershire & Rutland

Photo of Burbage Common and Woods Country Park, a country park near Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, central England.

Burbage Common and Woods Country Park

Country park near Market Bosworth

A country park in Leicestershire.

2.1 km E

Photo of the Coventry Canal, a 38-mile canal running from Coventry Basin to Fradley Junction, central England.

Coventry Canal

Canal

A coal-carrying artery of the eighteenth century, from Coventry Basin to the Trent & Mersey at Fradley Junction.

6.8 km SW · Warwickshire, Staffordshire & West Midlands

Photo of Bosworth Battlefield Country Park, a country park near Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, central England.

Bosworth Battlefield Country Park

Country park near Market Bosworth

A country park in Leicestershire.

6.8 km NW

Photo of Hercules Revived, a pub near Sutton Cheney, Leicestershire, central England.

Hercules Revived

Pub near Sutton Cheney

17th-century coaching inn at Sutton Cheney, a short stroll from Bosworth Battlefield.

7.3 km N

Sparkenhoe Farm

Farm & farm shop near Upton

The only farm making traditional raw-milk Red Leicester, with a cheese shop and tearoom at Sparkenhoe Farm, Upton.

9 km NW

Market Bosworth Park

Country park near Market Bosworth

A country park in Leicestershire.

9.4 km N

Ullesthorpe Mill

Windmill near Ullesthorpe

Early-19th-century brick tower mill in the south-Leicestershire village of Ullesthorpe, a local landmark.

9.6 km SE

Everything else within 10 km (15) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.