Cosby

Cosby is a village in the English county of Leicestershire. Cosby is located in the south of the county near the larger villages and towns of Whetstone, Blaby, Wigston and Oadby.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Narborough railway station and Church of St Michael and All Angels.

Narborough railway station

Railway station

Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Narborough railway station serves the large village of Narborough and the small village of Littlethorpe in Leicestershire. It is on the Birmingham to Peterborough Line about 7 miles southwest of Leicester.

Church of St Michael and All Angels

Church

Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Mary’s Church, Broughton Astley

Church

Photo: Poliphilo, CC0.

St Mary's Church is a church in Broughton Astley, Leicestershire. It is a Grade II* listed building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Narborough and Littlethorpe.

Narborough

Village

Photo: Kev747, Public domain.

Narborough is a large village and civil parish in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England, around six miles southwest of Leicester. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 8,498.

Littlethorpe

Village

Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Littlethorpe is a hamlet approximately six miles south of Leicester, separated from the village of Narborough by the Leicester to Birmingham railway line, and the River Soar of which it is the true discharge.

South Wigston

Suburb

South Wigston is a large village to the south of Leicester, England. It is outside the city boundary, forming part of the Oadby and Wigston district of Leicestershire. The population at the 2011 census was 7,490. South Wigston is situated 4 miles northeast of Cosby.

Cosby

Type: Locality
Location: Blaby, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.5473° or 52° 32′ 50″ north

Longitude

-1.2037° or 1° 12′ 13″ west

Elevation

295 feet (90 metres)

Open location code

9C4WGQWW+WG

GeoNames ID

7295402

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