Editing Sutton Cheney (section)

{{Short description|Village in Leicestershire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2015}}
{{Infobox UK place  
|country =                England
|official_name=           Sutton Cheney
|coordinates = {{coord|52.599423|-1.386251|display=inline,title}}
|map_type=                Leicestershire
| population = 538
| population_ref = ([[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011]])
|civil_parish = [[Dadlington and Sutton Cheney]]
 |shire_district=          [[Hinckley and Bosworth]]
|shire_county=            [[Leicestershire]]
|region=                  East Midlands
|constituency_westminster= [[Hinckley and Bosworth (UK Parliament constituency)|Hinckley and Bosworth]]
|post_town=                NUNEATON
|postcode_district =       CV13
|postcode_area=            CV
|dial_code=                01455
|os_grid_reference=        SK418006
|static_image_name= Listed_buildings_in_the_centre_of_Sutton_Cheney.jpg
|static_image_caption= Main Street, Sutton Cheney

}}
'''Sutton Cheney''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|ʌ|t|ən|_|ˈ|tʃ|iː|n|i}} {{respell|SUT|ən|_|CHEE|nee}}) is a village and former [[civil parish]], now in the parish of [[Dadlington and Sutton Cheney]], in the borough of [[Hinckley and Bosworth]], in the county of [[Leicestershire]], England, near the county border with [[Warwickshire]].<ref name="EX240">OS Explorer Map 232 : Nuneaton & Tamworth: (1:25 000) :{{ISBN|0 319 46404 0}}</ref> In addition to the village of Sutton Cheney itself, the civil parish also contains the villages of [[Dadlington]] and [[Shenton]], a number of farms, and the location of the [[Battle of Bosworth]]. Its closest large towns are [[Nuneaton]] and [[Hinckley]]. Its closest market town is [[Market Bosworth]].

The village of Sutton Cheney is clustered around the intersection of four roads: Ambion Lane leading westwards to the village of [[Shenton]]; Bosworth Road leading northwest to the neighbouring town of [[Market Bosworth]]; Main Street leading northeast to the villages of [[Cadeby, Leicestershire|Cadeby]] or [[Stapleton, Leicestershire|Stapleton]]; and Wharf Lane leading southwest to Sutton Cheney Wharf on the [[Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal]]. 

The civil parish of Dadlington and Sutton Cheney is bordered by the civil parishes of [[Market Bosworth]] to the north; [[Cadeby, Leicestershire|Cadeby]] to the northeast; [[Peckleton]] to the east; [[Barwell]], [[Stoke Golding]], and [[Higham on the Hill]] to the south; and [[Sheepy]] to the west. Its population at the 2021 census was 490, down from 538 in 2011 and from 545 in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11129320&c=Sutton+Cheney&d=16&e=62&g=6444774&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1466444363926&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|access-date=20 June 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref>