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Woodhouse Eaves
Woodhouse Eaves is a village in the Borough of Charnwood, Leicestershire, England.
| 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 | |
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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