The village's name means 'homestead/village which is high'.[3]
Geography
The village is about three miles away from both Hinckley and Nuneaton. The parish (and the boundary between the East and West Midlands) is bounded by Warwickshire and the A5 to the south-west.
The parish includes the deserted village of Lindley that was mentioned in the Domesday Book and gave its name to RAF Lindley the site of which was acquired by the automotive research institute MIRA Ltd for its proving ground opened on 22 May 1954.
The Ashby Canal passes through the east of the parish, and the parish boundary runs along it near Stoke Golding.
The village is home to St Peter's Church, a Grade II* listed parish church dedicated to St Peter.[6][7]
Historically, Higham on the Hill had three pubs: The Barley Sheaf Inn, which was demolished to make way for houses on the land, The Fox Inn, which has since been converted into a house, and The Oddfellows Arms, which closed down in August 2018.[8][9][10][11][12]
There is only one retailer in the village, a local independent corner shop, Sehmbi Stores.
In the village, there is the Higham on the Hill Church of England primary school, which has received the rating of "Good" by Ofsted in their 2020 inspection.[13][14]
^"Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistice. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
^"Leicestershire War Memorials". Leicestershire County Council War Memorials Project. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
^Ashe, Isaac (3 November 2016). "Higham on the Hill history". The Hinckley Times. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.