Population 621 (29011) Country England Post town LOUGHBOROUGH Shire county Nottinghamshire Dialling code 01509 | Region East Midlands Sovereign state United Kingdom Postcode district LE12 Local time Tuesday 2:25 AM District Rushcliffe | |
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Costock is a village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe district of Nottinghamshire, England. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 621. Although Costock is in Nottinghamshire, its closest town and the postal address are Loughborough, across the border in Leicestershire. Costock lies next to the A60 (Nottingham–Loughborough) road.
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Map of Costock, Loughborough, UK
Facilities
Costock has a Church of England primary school. St. Giles's Church, built in 1350, stands somewhat back from the main street of the village. The Community of the Holy Cross has had a small convent in the parish since 2011.
Premiere Travel operates the Red 9 bus service between Nottingham and Loughborough, which passes through the village on the A60. East Midlands Airport is 10 miles away.
Early visitor
The German traveller C. P. Moritz stayed the night on a walking tour in 1782: "There were three inns adjacent to each other in Costock, which, to judge by their exteriors, were dens of the most abject poverty. At the one where I stayed only the landlady was at home.... During the evening I felt a kind of fever, slept disturbed that night and lay in bed very long the next morning until my landlady woke me up, saying she was getting worried on my account. I decided to travel on beyond Leicester by coach."