Woodhouse Eaves

Village in Leicestershire, England

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Human settlement in England

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|

* Charnwood

List of places

England
Leicestershire

52°43′20″N 1°13′08″W﻿ / ﻿52.72231°N 1.218796°W﻿ / 52.72231; -1.218796

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]

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.

## External links[edit]

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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

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* Israel

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