Woodgate, Leicester

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200m
220yds

'Fiveways'

ABBEY

WARD

North Bridge

site of
vicarage

site of
St Leonard's Church

Canal

River Soar

THE RALLY (park)

ABBEY
PARK

FROG ISLAND

FOSSE

WARD

  

Map of the Woodgate area of Leicester

Woodgate is an area in Leicester in Fosse Ward. It lies west of the River Soar and is an important entrance to the city leading on to Frog Island. Its western end lies at the 'Fiveways Junction, an intersection of Fosse Road North, Groby Road, Blackbird Road and Buckminster Road. To the south is the Rally Park, which was formerly the goods yard of the London Midland Railway, and originally the route of the Leicester to Swannington Railway built by Robert Stephenson in 1832. To the west is Fosse Road North. At its eastern end Woodgate terminates at the North Bridge over the old River Soar.