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Cotgrave

Cotgrave
Cotgrave (Nottinghamshire)
Cotgrave

Cotgrave shown within Nottinghamshire
OS grid reference SK6435
District Rushcliffe
Shire county Nottinghamshire
Region East Midlands
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town NOTTINGHAM
Postcode district NG12
Dialling code 0115
Police Nottinghamshire
Fire Nottinghamshire
Ambulance East Midlands
UK Parliament Rushcliffe
European Parliament East Midlands
List of places: UKEnglandNottinghamshire

Coordinates: 52°′N 1°′W / 52.9, -1.04

For the lexicographer, see Randle Cotgrave

Cotgrave is a town in the borough of Rushcliffe, in Nottinghamshire, England, lying south east of Nottingham. The town lies on the Grantham Canal, opened in 1797, but it did not grow until the discovery of coal in the area in about 1950. A coal mine was established in 1960, but it closed in 1994. Cotgrave has a population of 7,373 people. It's sandwiched between the A52, A606 road, and A46. Nearby to the west is Tollerton and Nottingham Airport.

There is a small shopping parade called the precinct, with a Co-op, library, chip shop as well as other shops and a medical centre. Near the parish church (All Saints) is a small Sainsbury's Local. Opposite the Cotgrave Welfare Club is the leisure centre. Cotgrave Welfare have a cricket and football team. There is a primary school.

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