Woodhouse Eaves

Woodhouse Eaves
Woodhouse Eaves
	Woodhouse Eaves church and war monument
	Woodhouse Eaves Location within Leicestershire
Population	1,693 (2018 census)[citation needed]
OS grid reference	SK529140
District	Charnwood;
Shire county	Leicestershire;
Region	East Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Loughborough
Postcode district	LE12
Dialling code	01509
Police	Leicestershire
Fire	Leicestershire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Mid Leicestershire;
	List of places UK England Leicestershire 52°43′20″N 1°13′08″W / 52.72231°N 1.218796°W

Woodhouse Eaves is a village in the Borough of Charnwood, 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

Former Nottingham Forest, Leicester City, Southampton and England goalkeeper Peter Shilton lived in Woodhouse Eaves.
Tennis player Katie Boulter.^[2]^[3]

References

^ 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

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[1] Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1074609)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 May 2011.

[2] "Woodhouse Eaves tennis player Katie Boulter in action at Loughborough University". Leicester Mercury. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2014.

[3] Sharpe, James (23 January 2014). "Tennis: Loughborough's Katie Boulter reaches Australian Open final". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 24 January 2014.

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v t e Towns and villages of the Borough of Charnwood
Towns	Loughborough Shepshed Syston
Large villages	Anstey Barrow upon Soar Birstall East Goscote Mountsorrel Quorn Rothley Sileby Thurmaston
Small villages	Barkby Beeby Burton on the Wolds Cossington Cropston Hamilton Lea Hathern Hoton Newtown Linford Queniborough Ratcliffe on the Wreake Rearsby Seagrave South Croxton Swithland Thrussington Thurcaston Ulverscroft Walton on the Wolds Wanlip Woodhouse Woodhouse Eaves Wymeswold
Hamlets	Barkby Thorpe Cotes Prestwold