| Country: | England |
| Coordinates: | 52.5224°N -1.3645°W |
| Map Type: | Leicestershire |
| Official Name: | Burbage Sketchley and Stretton[1] |
| Static Image Caption: | Clockwise from top: Burbage Sketchley Road, Lynchgate Lane & Wolvey Road |
| Population: | 10,459 |
| Population Ref: | (2021 Census Ward Profile)[2] |
| Shire District: | Hinckley & Bosworth |
| Shire County: | Leicestershire |
| Region: | East Midlands |
| Constituency Westminster: | Hinckley and Bosworth |
| Civil Parish: | Burbage |
| Post Town: | Hinckley |
| Postcode District: | LE10 |
| Postcode Area: | LE |
| Dial Code: | 01455 |
| London Distance Mi: | 96 |
| London Direction: | S |
Burbage Sketchley and Stretton is the name given to the ward[3] and suburb[4] of Hinckley in the Hinckley & Bosworth district in the county of Leicestershire, England. It is one of the six wards on Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council of the town.[5] The ward is one of two (along with Burbage St Catherines and Lash Hill) of Burbage and covers the settlement of Leicester Grange and the suburbs of Sketchley, Stretton and Tilton.
The ward covers the western, central, and southern portions of Burbage.[6] It is bounded on all sides by the A5 road/Watling Street, the M69 motorway at Junction 1[7] and the Birmingham-Peterborough Line. It is also close to the Warwickshire border with Nuneaton and Burton Hastings. It is a mix of residential, industrial, retail, and open countryside.[8]
At the 2021 census, the ward profile population was 10,459. Of the findings, the ethnicity and religious composition of the ward was:
| Burbage St Catherines and Lash Hill: Ethnicity: 2021 Census | |||||||||||||
| Ethnic group | Population | % | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | 9,842 | 94.1% | |||||||||||
| Asian or Asian British | 377 | 3.6% | |||||||||||
| Mixed | 172 | 1.6% | |||||||||||
| Black or Black British | 35 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
| Other Ethnic Group | 26 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
| Arab | 3 | 0.1% | |||||||||||
| Total | 10,459 | 100% | |||||||||||
| Burbage St Catherines and Lash Hill: Religion: 2021 Census | |||||||||||||
| Religious | Population | % | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian | 5,453 | 54.9% | |||||||||||
| Irreligious | 4,081 | 41.1% | |||||||||||
| Hindu | 127 | 1.3% | |||||||||||
| Sikh | 119 | 1.2% | |||||||||||
| Muslim | 70 | 0.7% | |||||||||||
| Other religion | 56 | 0.6% | |||||||||||
| Buddhist | 27 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
| Jewish | 4 | 0.1% | |||||||||||
| Total | 10,459 | 100% | |||||||||||