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 | |
Ambulance service: | 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.
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.