Cotgrave

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: UK • England • Nottinghamshire

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.

External links

• Cotgrave Town Council
• Local information
• Cotgrave Colts YFC
• Cotgrave Welfare Diamond Angling Club
• All Saints church
• Siege in January 2004

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