Static Image Name: | Westwoodside village - geograph.org.uk - 1239256.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Westwoodside village |
Country: | England |
Official Name: | Westwoodside |
Coordinates: | 53.4883°N -0.8684°W |
Population: | 2,050 |
Population Ref: | (2011) |
Civil Parish: | Haxey |
Unitary England: | North Lincolnshire |
Lieutenancy England: | Lincolnshire |
Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Constituency Westminster: | Brigg and Goole |
Post Town: | DONCASTER |
Postcode District: | DN9 |
Postcode Area: | DN |
Dial Code: | 01427 |
Os Grid Reference: | SK751996 |
London Distance Mi: | 140 |
London Direction: | SSE |
Westwoodside is a village in North Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the Isle of Axholme 7miles north-west of Gainsborough, 11miles east of Doncaster and 10miles south-west of Scunthorpe. Westwoodside is in the civil parish of Haxey, a town 1miles 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[1] (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.
Bradley Benjamin Thomas Anderson Musgreaves was born here in 1903. His family home has been turned into a local museum along with a conjoined post office.