Welcome to the Willoughby-on-the-Wolds Website

Willoughby-on-the-Wolds is a small rural village with a population of 500 or so, and is about mid-way between Nottingham and Leicester, just off the A46 (Fosse Way). It lies at the southernmost tip of Nottinghamshire although it has a Leicestershire postal address. The local authority is Rushcliffe Borough Council. The village has a long history stretching back to Roman times when the Roman staging post of Vernemetum was sited close by. 

Half a century ago the village was mainly agricultural but the last few years have seen a gradual change from a predominantly farming community to more of a residential community because of its ready access to Leicester, Nottingham, Loughborough and Melton Mowbray. However there is still active farming within the village and some villagers also keep livestock and horses. There is a mainline railway station in Loughborough which is only 15 minutes away, and the East Midlands Airport is easily accessible.

The village has an excellent small primary school, a play group, a new and very well equipped Community Park, and a thriving Village Hall. There is also a number of clubs and societies. If you drive through or near the village during the day you will almost certainly see horse riders, and in the Winter months the area around the village is part of the Quorn Hunt country because so many of the fields are open pastureland. 

  The picture at the top of this page is a panoramic view of the village looking north. To see more of the village, click on VILLAGE PICTURES on the list on the left hand side of this webpage.      

The map below shows the area of the parish shaded in light green. For an interactive map please go to the Maps menu. Note that this interactive map requires a download speed of at least 1.7Mb/sec, which is difficult to achieve in Willoughby.

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