Woodthorpe, North Yorkshire

Woodthorpe
Woodthorpe
	; Houses on Foxton, Woodthorpe
	Woodthorpe Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE573493
Unitary authority	City of York;
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	YORK
Postcode district	YO24
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	York Outer;

Woodthorpe is a suburb in the south west of the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. The surrounding areas are Dringhouses and Foxwood.

The area of Woodthorpe was built in several phases from the 1960s to the 1990s. The name Woodthorpe is believed to have been the name of one of the first large housing development projects around the Moorcroft Road and Acorn Way area and this name has stuck. Locally the name Woodthorpe is generally used for the areas south of Acomb Wood and east to Moorcroft Road and Acorn Way. To the east is Dringhouses, to the north is Foxwood, and to the west is Acomb Park.

In January 2017 the suburb made national headlines when seven year old Katie Rough was killed by asphyxiation and stabbed in the neck near her home by a 15-year-old female.[1]

Famous residents

Mark Addy, star of The Thin Blue Line and The Full Monty, is believed to have resided in the area for a period of time.

Schools

The area has only one school, Woodthorpe Primary.

Pupils of secondary age usually travel to the new York High School or Millthorpe School.

References

"Teenage girl to be sentenced later this month for killing Katie Rough, 7". York Press. Retrieved 4 January 2019.

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[YPGuiltyPlea-1] "Teenage girl to be sentenced later this month for killing Katie Rough, 7". York Press. Retrieved 4 January 2019.