Leicestershire

Ceremonial county
	Leicestershire within England
	Coordinates: 52°39′22″N 1°11′24″W / 52.656°N 1.19°WCoordinates: 52°39′22″N 1°11′24″W / 52.656°N 1.19°W
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	East Midlands
Established	Historic
Time zone	UTC±00:00 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (British Summer Time)
Members of Parliament	10 MPs
Ceremonial county
Lord Lieutenant	Mike Kapur
High Sheriff	Henrietta Chubb (2023–24)
Area	[convert: needs a number]
• Ranked	of 48
Population (2005 est.)	915,800
• Ranked	21st of 48
Density	425/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Ethnicity	87.5% White; 8.2% Asian; 2.2% Mixed; 1.1% Black; 1% Other;
Non-metropolitan county
County council	Leicestershire County Council
Executive	Conservative
Admin HQ	County Hall, Glenfield
Area	2,083 km2 (804 sq mi)
• Ranked	of 26
Population	627,800
• Ranked	17th of 26
Density	301/km2 (780/sq mi)
ISO 3166-2	GB-LEC
GSS code	E10000018
ITL	TLF22
Website	leicestershire.gov.uk
Largest settlement	Leicester
Districts
	; Districts of Leicestershire; Unitary County council area
Districts	North West Leicestershire; Charnwood; Melton; Harborough; Oadby and Wigston; Blaby; Hinckley and Bosworth; Leicester;

Leicestershire (abbreviated Leics) is a county in central England. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, its traditional administrative centre, although the City of Leicester is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire. The county borders onto Lincolnshire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, and Nottinghamshire.

Leicestershire was recorded in the Domesday Book.

Leicestershire Media

The flag of Leicestershire
Map of Warwickshire and Leicestershire by Christopher Saxton, 1577
A field of sheep near Stoke Golding
Wolsey Chimney, part of the Hosiery Works, pictured in 2025
The entrance to Burrough Hill Iron Age hillfort
Historic House icon*For use with en:Template:EngPlacesKey or any other use. Created by Naturenet

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