Westwoodside

Westwoodside

Westwoodside village
Westwoodside
 Westwoodside shown within Lincolnshire
OS grid referenceSK751996
    London 140 mi (230 km)  SSE
Civil parishHaxey
DistrictNorth Lincolnshire
Shire countyLincolnshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town DONCASTER
Postcode district DN9
Police Lincolnshire
Fire Lincolnshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK ParliamentGainsborough (UK Parliament constituency)
List of places
UK
England
Lincolnshire

Coordinates: 53°29′18″N 0°52′06″W / 53.488255°N 0.86839°W / 53.488255; -0.86839

Westwoodside is a small village in North Lincolnshire, England. It is situated within the Isle of Axholme and 7 miles (11 km) north-west from Gainsborough. Westwoodside is in the civil parish of Haxey (where the population is included), a village 1 mile (1.6 km) to the east.

In earlier days, the Westwood side of the civil parish of Haxey was composed of the hamlets of Park (bef. 1882),[1] Newbigg, Nethergate, Upperthorpe[2] (or Overthorpe) and Commonside.

The village has a primary school.

The community is involved in an annual game over seven hundred years old called Haxey Hood.

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