Woodside is a civil parish in Allerdale district, Cumbria, England. At the 2011 census it had a population of 516. The parish has an area of 27.14 square kilometres (10.48 sq mi) The southern half of the parish almost completely encircles the town of Wigton. To the south east the parish is bordered by Westward (which also has a short boundary with Wigton, between two lengths of Woodside boundary), to the west by Waverton, to the north west by Holme East Waver, to the north by Kirkbride, and to the east by Aikton and Thursby, the eastern boundary following the River Wampool. The main settlement in the parish is the hamlet of Oulton; the parish also includes the hamlets of Aikhead, Moorhouse, High Longthwaite, Kirkland and Dockray. The A596 road from Carlisle to Aspatria passes through the p