It is located close to the border with Leicestershire, approximately 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Melton Mowbray; the Vale of Belvoir is also nearby.

Plans to put the canal back to water include the building of a swing bridge on the main road through the village.

Inside the church can be found two ornate grave lids that were made for persons of importance and date from the tenth century.

£4,500 was handed over in February 2010, at a ceremony at the Plough Inn, to each of the Meningitis Trust, the Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire Air Ambulance, and a further 14 village groups.

[6] American politician Fred M. Warner (1865–1923) was born in Hickling, though he spent most of his life in Michigan, serving as the state's Governor between 1905 and 1911.