Woodhouse

Woodhouse, often known to locals as Old Woodhouse, is a small village and civil parish in the heart of Charnwood, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 2,319, including around 300 term-time boarders at the Defence College.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Village with 215 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Leicestershire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Woodhouse (parish), Leicestershire” and “Woodhouse, Leicestershire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St Mary In The Elms, Woodhouse and Quorn and Woodhouse railway station.

Church
Photo: Colin Price, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Railway station
Photo: Ronstar308, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a heritage station on the Great Central Railway serving the villages of and Woodhouse in Leicestershire, England.

Church
Photo: Kev747, Public domain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Woodhouse Eaves and Woodthorpe.

Village
Photo: Kev747, Public domain.
is a village in the Borough of Charnwood, , England. Nearby are the villages of , , and . Breakback Road leads from the village to and .

Village
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet just south of and a former civil parish in the Charnwood district of , England. In 1931, the parish had a population of 53.

Village
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in , England, near the university town of . Its name was shortened from Quorndon in 1889, to avoid postal difficulties owing to its similarity to the name of another village, , in neighbouring Derbyshire.

Woodhouse

Latitude
52.73412° or 52° 44′ 3″ north
Longitude
-1.20174° or 1° 12′ 6″ west
Population
215
Elevation
256 feet (78 metres)
Open location code
9C4WPQMX+J8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2106897751
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2633641
Wiki­data ID
Q8032747
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Woodhouse” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Woodhouse (Leicestershire)”
  • Basque: “Woodhouse”
  • Cebuano: “Woodhouse”
  • Dutch: “Woodhouse”
  • French: “Woodhouse”
  • Irish: “Woodhouse”
  • Ladin: “Woodhouse (Leicestershire)”
  • Ladin: “Woodhouse”
  • Polish: “Woodhouse (Leicestershire)”
  • Polish: “Woodhouse”
  • Swedish: “Woodhouse, Leicestershire”
  • Swedish: “Woodhouse”
  • Turkish: “Woodhouse, Leicestershire”
  • Welsh: “Woodhouse (parish), Swydd Gaerlŷr”
  • Welsh: “Woodhouse, Swydd Gaerlŷr”
  • Welsh: “Woodhouse”
  • “Woodhouse”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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