Leigh Woods, Somerset

Leigh Woods
The Church of St Mary
Leigh Woods  Leigh Woods shown within Somerset
OS grid reference	ST560729
Civil parish	Long Ashton
Unitary authority	North Somerset
Ceremonial county	Somerset
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BRISTOL
Postcode district	BS8
Dialling code	0117
Police	Avon and Somerset
Fire	Avon
Ambulance	South Western
EU Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	North Somerset
List of places UK England Somerset

Coordinates: 51°27′11″N 2°38′10″W / 51.453°N 2.636°W

Leigh Woods is a village in the North Somerset district of Somerset, United Kingdom. It is just outside the boundary of the city of Bristol.

The village is located to the south of Leigh Woods National Nature Reserve. It is situated at the western end of the Clifton Suspension Bridge, which opened in 1864, making the development of Leigh Woods as an upmarket residential area practicable.^[1] Houses in varying styles were built from the mid-1860s until the First World War. Styles adopted included Italian, neo-Jacobean, Scottish baronial, Swiss chalet, Modern glass buildings, Domestic Revival and Arts and Crafts.^[2]

The village is in the civil parish of Long Ashton, but in the ecclesiastical parish of Abbots Leigh with Leigh Woods. The church of St Mary the Virgin was designed by the architect John Medland and built in 1891.^[3][4]

References

1. "A History of Long Ashton & Leigh Woods". Long Ashton Community Website. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
2. "Leigh Woods Village Design Statement" (PDF). Leigh Woods Village. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
3. A Church Near You website
4. "Introduction". Leigh Woods Village. Retrieved 21 April 2014.