Algestrup is a small railway town with a population of 880 (1 January 2020). The town is located in the southern part of Køge Municipality in Region Zealand, Denmark, just north of the boundary between Køge and Faxe Municipality, at the railroad Lille Syd between Køge and Haslev. In spite of the fact that a railway station is located in the southern part of Algestrup, the station is not named Algestrup station but , named after two manor houses and Turebyholm in Faxe Municipality about 2 and 4 kilometres south of the station.