| Official Name: | Hemington |
| Country: | England |
| Region: | East Midlands |
| Shire District: | North West Leicestershire |
| Shire County: | Leicestershire |
| Constituency Westminster: | North West Leicestershire |
| Coordinates: | 52.8517°N -1.325°W |
| Civil Parish: | Lockington-Hemington |
| Static Image Name: | Hemington school.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Hemington Primary School |
| Postcode District: | DE74 |
| Postcode Area: | DE |
| Post Town: | Derby |
Hemington is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Lockington-Hemington, in the North West Leicestershire district, in the county of Leicestershire, England.[1] In 1931 the parish had a population of 298.[2]
In 1790, the nearby Harrington Bridge was built to create a crossing of the River Trent. The new bridge was a toll bridge and everyone except locals living in Hemington or Sawley (in Derbyshire) were required to pay the toll.[3]
Hemington was historically a township and chapelry in the parish of Lockington.[4] It became a separate civil parish in 1866, but on 1 April 1936 the parish was abolished and merged with Lockington, on 14 May 1938 the parish was renamed Lockington Hemington.[5] [6]
Gravel quarrying at Hemington during the 1990s led to the discovery of three sets of remains from successive medieval bridges across the Trent.[7] [8]
Although there is not a rail station in the village, East Midlands Parkway opened early in 2008 at Ratcliffe-on-Soar providing links on the Midland Main Line.