Notable People
- King Charles I stayed overnight in the village during the English Civil War.
- Jonathan Coe's novel The Rotters' Club has scenes set in Cofton Hackett.
- Pope Benedict XVI said mass for the beatification of Cardinal Newman in Cofton Park on 19 September 2010 during his Papal visit to the United Kingdom.
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