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Woodhouse Eaves
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Woodhouse Eaves
Location within Leicestershire
Population1,693 (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
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52°43′20″N1°13′08″W / 52.72231°N 1.218796°W / 52.72231; -1.218796

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

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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]

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References

  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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