Westwoodside

Westwoodside
Westwoodside village
Westwoodside
Westwoodside shown within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference	SK751996
• London	140 mi (230 km) SSE
Civil parish	Haxey
District	North Lincolnshire
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DONCASTER
Postcode district	DN9
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Gainsborough (UK Parliament constituency)
List of places UK England Lincolnshire 53°29′18″N 0°52′06″W / 53.488255°N 0.86839°W / 53.488255; -0.86839Coordinates: 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 , 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), Newbigg, Nethergate, Upperthorpe (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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