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″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.

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

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. Archived from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
3. Sharpe, James (23 January 2014). "Tennis: Loughborough's Katie Boulter reaches Australian Open final". Leicester Mercury . Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014.

External links

Media related to Woodhouse Eaves at Wikimedia Commons