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The title coordination compound, {[Co(C11H15O3)4(C10H8N2)2(H2O)]·7H2O}n, consists of a pair of CoII atoms, four 3-hydroxyadamantane-1-carboxylate anions (L), one water molecule, two bridging 4,4′-bipyridine (4,4′-bpy) ligands and seven uncoordinated water molecules. Both of the CoII ions are coordinated in a distorted octahedral geometry. Four L ligands bind to each pair of CoII atoms in a plane, two of which bridge the two CoII atoms as bidentate groups while the other two coordinate to a single CoII atom in a monodentate mode. Two half-molecules of 4,4′-bipyridine coordinate the CoII atoms from the upside and underside. The packing features extensice O—H...O hydrogen bonding.