Traditional county: Derbyshire · District / Borough: South Derbyshire · Region: East Midlands
Explore Foston, Derbyshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Foston map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Foston, Derbyshire, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | Foston |
| Traditional County | Derbyshire |
| District / Borough | South Derbyshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.883672 |
| Longitude | -1.723642 |
| Place Type | Village |
Foston emerges from the flat, industrious plains of South Derbyshire as a quiet junction of rural transit and ancient agrarian purpose. It lies 6.0 miles east of Uttoxeter (from Uttoxeter: bearing 100°T, OS grid SK 186 318), and is situated north-north-west of Scropton village. Low-hanging light often catches the damp, dark earth of the fields, tracing the slow, deliberate meander of Foston Brook as it draws a silver thread through the northern pastures. Beyond the immediate hedgerows, the land begins to rise toward the modest, rounded crest of Crowfoot Hill, where the wind carries the scent of turned soil and distant, ripening crops. The horizon here is dominated by wide, pale skies that seem to press down upon the heavy clay, grounding the geography in a stark, unadorned realism. To the west, the curious, crenellated outline of Vernons Folly interrupts the skyline, serving as a strange, architectural anchor amidst the surrounding flatlands. Foston remains defined by these subtle shifts in elevation and the constant, patient work of water carving its way through the valley floor. Such features lend Foston a sense of quiet endurance, where the weight of the landscape feels older and more permanent than the modern roads that bisect it.
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Explore Foston, Derbyshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 52.883672, -1.723642. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | August 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |