Woodville is a suburb of Adelaide, situated about northwest of Adelaide city centre. It lies within the City of Charles Sturt. The postcode of Woodville is 5011. Woodville is bound by Cheltenham Parade to the west, Torrens Road to the north, Port Road to the south and Park Street to the east, excluding the area of Cheltenham Park Racecourse. The population was 2,180 at the 2021 Australian census. The Church of St Margaret of Scotland, on the corner of Port and Woodville Roads, is a state heritage-listed building, and there are many other buildings of historical and architectural signficance. History 19th century Before the colonisation of South Australia in 1836, the land now called Woodville was occupied by the Kaurna people. The Woodville area is believed to have been settled owing to its location more or less halfway between the Adelaide city centre and Port Adelaide. The first building recorded here was an inn called "Halfway House", near the later Woodville Hotel, which opened in 1839. A spring was discovered by the settlers alongside the inn later, in 1878. According to Geoff Manning, the name was descriptive of its environment then: there were many trees in the vicinity; however he notes the existence of the village Woodville, Derbyshire, England. The town was laid out in 1849. The commercial centre along Port Road, with Woodville Road then called Main Street. Woodville was a part of the District Council of Hindmarsh until 1975. By 1853 Woodville consisted of 24 houses, a forge and a wheelwright's shop. The Woodville Post Office opened around March 1856; it was established 1858. In 1854, John Bristow Hughes (of Bundaleer Station) bought a residence called St Clair. Under his ownership, St Clair became one of the largest mansions in Adelaide at that time. Hughes added an underground kitchen, a second storey, and the entire ground floor was converted into a ballroom. The home was demolished and replaced by the St Clair Recreation Centre in 1962, which is itself local heritage listed on account of being South Australia's first major youth centre and indoor sports stadium and its modernist architecture. Hughes also built the Church of St Margaret of Scotland in 1855. He chose the name in memory of his late wife Margaret, but Augustus Short, Anglican Bishop of Adelaide, would not allow him to name it after her. After some delay, the men reached a compromise, and