Woodhouse Eaves
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| Woodhouse Eaves | |
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 Woodhouse Eaves church and war monument | |
  Woodhouse Eaves Location within Leicestershire | |
| Population | 1,693 (2018 census)[citation needed] |
| OS grid reference | SK529140 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Loughborough |
| Postcode district | LE12 |
| Dialling code | 01509 |
| Police | Leicestershire |
| Fire | Leicestershire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Woodhouse Eaves is a village in Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire, England.
Nearby are the villages of Quorn, Swithland, and Newtown Linford. Breakback Road leads from the village to Nanpantan and Loughborough.
The church of St Paul is a granite building with a slate roof, constructed to the designs of William Railton in 1837 and extended by Ewan Christian in 1880.[1]
Notable people[edit]
- Former Nottingham Forest, Leicester City and England goalkeeper Peter Shilton lived in Woodhouse Eaves.
- Tennis player Katie Boulter.[2][3]
References[edit]
- ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1074609)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
- ^ "Woodhouse Eaves tennis player Katie Boulter in action at Loughborough University". Leicester Mercury. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ Sharpe, James (23 January 2014). "Tennis: Loughborough's Katie Boulter reaches Australian Open final". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
External links[edit]
Media related to Woodhouse Eaves at Wikimedia Commons
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