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.
St Mary’s Church, Broughton Astley
Church
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 small village 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.
Sutton in the Elms
Hamlet
Sutton in the Elms is a settlement in the northwest of Broughton Astley, Leicestershire. Its name is sometimes abbreviated to Sutton Elms. Sutton is one of the three settlements mentioned in Domesday that now comprise Broughton Astley: namely Broctone, Sutone and Torp.
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″ northLongitude
-1.2037° or 1° 12′ 13″ westElevation
295 feet (90 metres)Open location code
9C4WGQWW+WGGeoNames ID
7295402
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