Hinstock
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Hinstock | ||
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Statistics | ||
Population: | 900 | |
Ordnance Survey | ||
OS grid reference: | SJ694263 | |
Administration | ||
District: | North Shropshire | |
Shire county: | Shropshire | |
Region: | West Midlands | |
Constituent country: | England | |
Sovereign state: | United Kingdom | |
Other | ||
Ceremonial county: | Shropshire | |
Historic county: | Shropshire | |
Services | ||
Police force: | West Mercia | |
Fire and rescue: | {{{Fire}}} | |
Ambulance: | West Midlands | |
Post office and telephone | ||
Post town: | MARKET DRAYTON | |
Postal district: | TF9 | |
Dialling code: | 01952 550/551 | |
Politics | ||
UK Parliament: | North Shropshire | |
European Parliament: | West Midlands | |
Hinstock is a village and civil parish in northeast Shropshire, England. It straddles the A41 and is approximately halfway between the two market towns of Newport and Market Drayton.The A41 now bipasses the village. Hinstock is at the junction of an old Roman road joining the A5 Watling Street at Stetton to the A41 proceeding to Chester. This road still exists in part as a road and as a footpath through Hinstock
Amongst its facilities, Hinstock boasts a junior school, a village shop and post office, St Oswald's Church, a pub 'The Falcon Inn', a village hall, a methodist hall, 2 tennis courts , a football pitch, a cricket pitch and a small snooker hall.