page_title: Leek Wootton
section_title: Woodcote House and Estate
hierarchical_section_title: Leek Wootton / Local economy and services / Woodcote House and Estate
caption_attribution_description: English: Woodcote, HQ of Warwickshire Police. Once the home of the Wise family, local landowners. There are several 20th century operational buildings out of sight beyond the house, which is seen here across the ha-ha around the grounds.
context_page_description: Leek Wootton is a village in Warwickshire, England, roughly one mile from Kenilworth and two miles from Warwick. It lies in the triangle created by Kenilworth, Warwick and Leamington Spa.
context_section_description: Woodcote is a 19th-century manor house and estate on the western boundary of the village. During the Second World War it was used as a convalescent home for military personnel, notably American servicemen. It was home to the headquarters of Warwickshire Police from 1949. A new purpose-built headquarters for the Warwickshire Police at Woodcote was proposed, but the planning application was refused by Warwick District Council on 31 October 2007. A revised application was subsequently approved, but the site was not redeveloped. In 2011 it was announced that Woodcote was to be sold, and the headquarters relocated to Leamington Spa. Following the construction of new control room an Warwick and the inclusion of some of the estate in local housing planning allocation, the site was put up for sale in 2018. On 1 April 2019 Warwickshire Police announced that, due to the collapse of its alliance with West Mercia Police, Warwickshire Police would be returning to Woodcote and it would become the Service's Headquarters again. This resulted in the sale of the estate being halted.
caption: Woodcote, once the home of the Wise family, former HQ of Warwickshire Police
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