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.

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