Cotes
Parish in Charnwood, Leicestershire, England
| Coordinates: | 52.782, -1.179 |
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| OS grid ref: | SK 55 20 |
| Dialling code: | 01509 (Loughborough) |
Cotes is a very small, rural civil parish in Charnwood, Leicestershire, tucked into the gentle lowlands beside the River Soar just a few miles from Loughborough. The parish consists of a handful of houses and old farmsteads amid rolling arable fields and riverside meadows, with a quiet network of lanes and footpaths that attract walkers and anglers looking for a tranquil stretch of the Soar valley.
Historically agricultural, Cotes retains a noticeably rural character with some older stone buildings and the sense of an estate-orientated past, while today many residents commute to nearby towns for work or are connected to the wider East Midlands economy. Local social life is modest and tied into neighbouring villages and Loughborough for shops, schools and community events, making the place valued more for its landscape and peacefulness than for any urban amenities.
Postcode districts covering Cotes
Most populated places nearby
- Leicester 10.9 miles17.6 km
- Nottingham 13.1 miles21 km
- Derby 15.2 miles24.5 km
- Burton upon Trent 19.4 miles31.1 km
- Nuneaton 22.1 miles35.5 km
- Tamworth 23.8 miles38.4 km
- Loughborough 2.2 miles3.5 km
- West Bridgford 10.1 miles16.3 km
- Long Eaton 8.8 miles14.1 km
- Hinckley 18.8 miles30.2 km
- Sutton in Ashfield 23.9 miles38.5 km
- Grantham 24.2 miles39 km
Neighbouring places
- Loughborough East Ward 1 mile1.7 km
- Stanford on Soar Parish 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Loughborough Southfields Ward 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Prestwold Parish 1.8 miles2.8 km
- Loughborough Storer Ward 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Hoton Parish 1.9 miles3 km
- Loughborough Built-up area 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Burton on the Wolds Built-up area 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Rempstone Built-up area 2.4 miles3.8 km
- Quorn Parish 2.5 miles4 km
- Loughborough Woodthorpe Ward 2.5 miles4.1 km
- Quorndon Built-up area 2.6 miles4.2 km
Example postcodes in Cotes
Transport links
- East Midlands Airport 7.1 miles11.4 km
- Birmingham International Airport 32.9 miles52.9 km
- Loughborough Railway Station 0.7 miles1.2 km
- Loughborough Central Railway Station 1.1 miles1.8 km
Hotels near Cotes Ad
- Elite Athlete Centre and Hotel 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Charnwood Regency 3 1.4 miles2.2 km
- Link Hotel 3 3.3 miles5.3 km
- Burleigh Court Hotel 4 2.9 miles4.6 km
- The Queens Head 4 6.7 miles10.8 km
- Dbs Serviced Apartments - the Delven 4 7.8 miles12.5 km
- Radisson Blu Hotel East Midlands Airport 4 6.2 miles10 km
- Best Western Premier Yew Lodge East Midlands Airport 4 5.8 miles9.4 km
- Holiday Inn Express East Midlands Airport 3 6.3 miles10.2 km
- Hilton East Midlands Airport 4 6.7 miles10.8 km
Local points of interest
- Garendon Abbey Historic site 3.3 miles5.3 km
- Bradgate House Historic site 6.7 miles10.8 km
- Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre Museum 7.2 miles11.7 km
- Donington Park Recreation 8.7 miles14 km
- Clifton Hall Country house 8.8 miles14.1 km
- Belgrave Library Library 9.4 miles15.1 km
- Highcross Shopping centre 10.2 miles16.5 km
- Welford Road Stadium, Leicester Tigers Stadium 11.1 miles17.8 km
- City Ground Stadium 11.1 miles17.9 km
- The King Power Stadium Stadium 11.2 miles18.1 km
- Meadow Lane Stadium 11.3 miles18.1 km
- University of Leicester University 11.3 miles18.2 km