| Official Name: | Lockington |
| Country: | England |
| Region: | East Midlands |
| Shire District: | North West Leicestershire |
| Shire County: | Leicestershire |
| Constituency Westminster: | North West Leicestershire |
| Civil Parish: | Lockington-Hemington |
| Coordinates: | 52.8483°N -1.3078°W |
| Static Image Name: | Coach house lockington.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | The coach house at Lockington Hall |
| Postcode District: | DE74 |
| Postcode Area: | DE |
| Post Town: | Derby |
Lockington 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. The village is close to the Derbyshire border.
Although there is not a rail station in the village, East Midlands Parkway opened nearby in 2008 at Ratcliffe-on-Soar which provides links to the Midland Main Line.
Lockington Hall in the village was the home of a branch of the Curzon family. In 1904 Henry Curzon of Lockington Hall was High Sheriff of Derbyshire.
In 1994 a hoard of Bronze Age items was discovered locally. The hoard consisted of the shards of two Beaker style pots, a copper based alloy dagger and two embossed gold-sheet armlets. These 4,000-year-old finds are now in the British Museum.[1] [2]
On 1 April 1936 the parish of Hemington was merged with Knossington,[3] on 14 May 1938 the parish was renamed "Lockington Hemington".[4] In 1931 the parish of Lockington (prior to the merge) had a population of 186.[5]
John Gilbert Cooper, poet, was born here in 1722.