Costock

Costock
Costock  Costock shown within Nottinghamshire
District	Rushcliffe
Shire county	Nottinghamshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LOUGHBOROUGH
Postcode district	LE12
Dialling code	01509
Police	Nottinghamshire
Fire	Nottinghamshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
List of places UK England Nottinghamshire

Costock is a village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe district of Nottinghamshire, although its closest town and the postal address are Loughborough, across the border in Leicestershire. It is next to the A60 (Nottingham–Loughborough) road.

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."

Neighbouring villages

• Bunny
• East Leake
• Rempstone
• Wysall

External links

• GENUKI entry for Costock
• Thoroton Society excursion, Spring 1902: Costock