Leigh Woods, Somerset Explained

Country:England
Official Name:Leigh Woods
Static Image Name:File:St Mary the Virgin Church, Leigh Woods.jpg
Static Image Caption:The Church of St Mary the Virgin
Coordinates:51.453°N -2.636°W
Civil Parish:Long Ashton
Unitary England:North Somerset
Lieutenancy England:Somerset
Region:South West England
Constituency Westminster:North Somerset
Post Town:BRISTOL
Postcode District:BS8
Postcode Area:BS
Dial Code:0117
Os Grid Reference:ST560729

Leigh Woods is a village in the North Somerset district of Somerset, England. It is just outside the boundary of the city and county 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: A History of Long Ashton & Leigh Woods. Long Ashton Community Website. 21 April 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140423055057/http://lalife.org.uk/key-information/long-ashton-history/. 23 April 2014.
  2. Web site: Leigh Woods Village Design Statement. Leigh Woods Village. 21 April 2014. PDF.
  3. http://www.achurchnearyou.com/leigh-woods-st-mary-the-virgin/ A Church Near You website
  4. Web site: Introduction. Leigh Woods Village. 21 April 2014.